"Lebanon will be affected, and Hezbollah will counter-attack."
Protesters consider the new PM to be a part of the same ruling class that lead the country into the current economic crisis.
BEIRUT: Former Education Minister Hassan Diab was tasked this Thursday with forming the next Lebanese government, with the support of 69 MPs, including affiliates of Hezbollah, the Amal Movement, the Free Patriotic Movement and their allies. “I call on the Lebanese people in all squares and all areas to be...
Today, infrastructure in Lebanon continues to be a site for political struggle and economic gain.
Consensual politics has given rise to governments muddled with political rivalries and contradictory agendas, all under the pretext of inclusivity.
Women have firmly asserted their presence within the Lebanese protests and the overall political scene.
The Central Bank and the Association of Banks have a major historical responsibility to protect depositors and provide transparent regulations going forward.
“We don’t accept the fall of the mandate, nor do we support the resignation of the Cabinet and early parliamentary elections in these circumstances."
On a revolutionary event without revolutionary subjects, the reconfiguration of Lebanese capitalism, and the hydra-like Lebanese ruling oligarchy.
Protesting crowds in Lebanon need to start advancing realistic demands and mobilizing further than leaderless indignation.
“The people want the fall of the regime” has been echoing between hundreds of thousands of protesters who have been...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced that the Lebanese Cabinet has agreed to all points of his economic reform package and the 2020 draft state budget, which he says will have a 0.6 percent deficit that will be partially paid for by a tax on banks. Banks, according to Hariri,...