
The 'foreigners' of Lebanon's revolution
Lebanon: Protesters with Lebanese mothers say they have the same demands as fellow demonstrators, even if the state doesn't legally recognise them as citizens.
Lebanon: Protesters with Lebanese mothers say they have the same demands as fellow demonstrators, even if the state doesn't legally recognise them as citizens.
Lebanon has long been the financial lungs for the Syrian economy, thus with the financial crisis that Beirut is facing, the Syrian pound has also plummeted.
Lebanon eyes 'good news' for its indebted economy after Lebanese Prime Minister's meeting with United Arab Emirates Crown Prince.
Hundreds of people in Beirut have taken to the streets to protest deteriorating economic conditions and the high cost of living, which prompted the central bank to issue a new measure aimed at easing the currency crisis.
Protests, which erupted from Beirut to the Bekaa Valley and from Sidon in the south to Tripoli, suggest widening anger among Lebanese over country’s dire economy.
Former prisoners remember the hardships in the Israel-backed detention camp, Khiam, under the command of South Lebanon Army's Amer Fakhouri who recently returned to Lebanon.
Years after the end of the civil war in Lebanon, the country's forests and countryside remains covered with mines. Now, de-mining teams are at work to dismantle the mines left behind and prevent innocents from getting hurt.
The Lebanese Minister of Interior, Raya al-Hassan, announced that her ministry is planning on reforming Lebanon's overcrowded prisons. However, activists say that unless broad, structural reforms to the administration of the prisons are also passed, these reforms will only have a moderate impact.
Lebanese Minister of Finance Ali Hassan Khalil has stated that his country is studying ways to manage public debt as part of the public finance reform plan. Lebanon has one of the largest public debt-to-GDP ratios in the world at around 150 percent and has suffered from years of low economic growth.
Lebanon has voted in favor of two UN resolutions that improve the treatment of refugees and migrants, but the displaced Syrian refugees in the country may not benefit, as they are not classified as refugees or even migrants.
In Lebanon, the volume of bank loans to the private sector decreased from $60 billion in 2017 to $58 billion this year, another indicator the private sector is slowing down in the country.
Foreign migrants living in Lebanon have launched “Msh Gharib” (Not Foreign), a radio program which seeks to break stereotypes of migrants in the country. The migrants usually face much discrimination in the country due to their skin colour.
Lebanon heads to general elections for the first time in nine years. This is the first elections to include the 82k expat voters, totaling the total registered voters at 3.6 million. This election also sees a new Electoral system in which voters will vote twice, once for coalitions and once for the candidate.
Women chefs are changing Lebanon's food culture, serving traditional dishes with a modern twist
Years of mismanagement of the waste treatment process in Lebanon is starting to have detrimental effects on people's health.
Despite the controversy surrounding the Syrian Refugees, they are finding sympathy in Lebanon's villages.