Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Turkish influence is increasing in Lebanon, where many Sunnis are looking for a regional patron.
With an ongoing protest movement, rebuilding a system based on sectarian politics could be challenging.
Expert discusses the Rafik Hariri murder trial verdict and how it will impact Lebanese political future.
Might growing regional and international involvement in Lebanon change power relations in the country?
In an interview, Mohanad Hage Ali discusses foreign intervention to resolve the Lebanese crisis, and its repercussions.
A massive explosion in Beirut killed more than one hundred, wounded thousands, and left hundreds of thousands homeless. Now Lebanon finds itself in a severe political, economic, and humanitarian crisis. How can the people of Beirut rebuild their lives while still sheltering from a global pandemic?
Did the deadly blast in Beirut mark a turning point for Lebanon? Or will it only lead to more of the same?
Maha Yahya describes the reaction of the Lebanese people after the Beirut explosion.
The blasts that ripped through Beirut’s historic port could hardly have come at a worse time, as the city struggles with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis. As the smoke clears, the catastrophe has laid bare festering structural weaknesses that are damaging Lebanon’s plural society.
The seismic event felt like an earthquake and an air raid wrapped into one. None of us in Lebanon have ever experienced anything like it.