“The clocks were striking midnight, and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed,...
Clashes along the border between Syrian forces and local Lebanese armed groups haveintensified yesterday. The clashes continue to take place...
ABOUT THE BOOK: Beirut Blues by Hanan al-Shaykh is a poignant epistolary novel that captures the chaos and heartbreak of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) through the unsent letters of its protagonist, Asmahan. Torn between leaving Beirut and staying in a city she loves, Asmahan writes to friends, lovers, family,...
We live in a world where crisis is here and now for some but elsewhere and not yet for others....
On February 26, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s government won the confidence vote in the Lebanese parliament. 95 out of the...
As Palestinians in Gaza make their way to the northern part of the strip after 15 months of genocide and displacement, Palestinians in Lebanon rejoice, proclaiming it an ultimate victory. In this video, we sit down to talk to many of them living in the Shatila camp, Beirut. Video by...
Prime Minister-Designate of Lebanon Nawaf Salam highlighted that he is working day and night on the formation of the upcoming...
The announcement of changes to Syria’s education curriculum, published on the Ministry of Education’s official Facebook page on January 1,...
Riham al-Shaar races down the corridors of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in the Syrian capital, Damascus. She weaves through a maze of patients, holding up her phone with a photo displayed on the screen. “Have you seen him?” she frantically asks everyone she passes. “Where are the prisoners from Sednaya?” she shouts...
Following the toppling of Bachar al-Assad and the entrance of opposition forces to all areas previously controlled by the regime,...
On the morning of Sunday, December 8, the unthinkable happened: Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime fell. For years, his iron grip...
As Israel’s military campaign extends beyond Gaza, into the West Bank, and across the wider Middle East to Lebanonits growing tensions with Syria and Iraq have largely gone unnoticed. Since October 2023, Israel has intensified its strikes on Syria, aiming to disrupt Iranian weapons transfers to Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Iran-aligned groups...