Unpacking Gebran Bassil’s speech earlier this week, his argument for why the Free Patriotic Movement is not to blame seemed weak at times and contradictory at others.
“Their existence is legalized, but they are a militia,” says Maher Abou Shackra about Lebanon's parliamentary guards.
General Security will be collecting the women’s passport photos on Monday, August 17 to begin preparing the travel documents.
The Beirut explosion is an act of terror, one with a collective responsibility that falls on a corrupt sectarian power-sharing system.
And how do we move forward?
The army's power poses a serious threat to the freedom and safety of both protesters and the media.
More protestors have hardened themselves to face violent security forces who lack empathy towards the anger and pain of the people.
On every level –international, national, and local– there was horrific, unforgivable failings and negligence that led to the Beirut blast.
Resignations began over the weekend, when authorities also violently cracked down against protesters in the Lebanese capital.
Legal practitioners in foreign jurisdictions, Canada, are starting to see refugee claims for political protection flowing out of Lebanon.
Lebanese authorities are even resorting to measures such as requiring journalists to get prior authorization for conducting interviews and filming citizens.
The economic crisis, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, has made life for migrants in Lebanon even worse.