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.
“Do you see why we say things will never change in Lebanon?” my mother asked. “This is what we lived through during the Civil War.”
What does the destruction of Beirut Port, Lebanon's main importing facility, mean for food security and the already-crashing economy?
Legal practitioners in foreign jurisdictions, Canada, are starting to see refugee claims for political protection flowing out of Lebanon.