Even before the pandemic, in many parts of the world, too many children are left behind with no access to school or resources to have appropriate learning.
The crippling sanctions as a result of the maximum pressure policy imposed against Iran since former president Trump’s administration pulled out of the JCPOC,...
Despite Iran’s current weakness, Beijing sees the country as a strategic prize in the long run.
Next week, the Lebanese people will be commemorating the Civil War that erupted on April 13, 1975, and ended with Taif Agreement in 1990.
The recent flurry of diplomatic activities and frequent trips by Lebanese factions to Moscow, left the impression that Russia is poised to assume a mediating...
It must hurt the national pride of every Lebanese to hear foreign officials asking them to introduce meaningful reforms and form a credible government so...
The bloc is a historic achievement in the region and one of the major milestones in Latin American economic integration
When is a republic not a republic? When an incumbent leader lays the groundwork for his son to succeed him, which is exactly what Iran’s supreme leader,...
The White House released the "Interim Strategic Directive for the National Security Strategy" as a written guidance 45 days after US President Joe Biden...
People throughout history struggled and fought for independence and self determination, but lebanon decided willingly to relinquish its national sovereignty...
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the severe impact on older people is, sadly, plain to see
The time has come for a Lebanese Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Western satirists are much more likely to be celebrated as champions of free speech for attacking minorities within their communities than for picking on one...
While the world is busy containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the different guidelines for prevention have greatly affected the social and community...
It took four rounds of indirect negotiations in Naqoura and one bilateral meeting between the US mediator Ambassador Desrocher and the Lebanese authorities to...
An international conference to rescue Lebanon in the near future may no longer be a choice or wishful thinking, but an international necessity to avoid a...
As I was arriving to Beirut from Damascus to take up my new role as UNHCR representative in Lebanon, only a few weeks before the world would mark a shameful...
Lebanese people have reached another peak of devastation as the economic crisis badly impacts all citizens from all social classes.
The scenes from Iraq for the Pope’s four-day visit are nothing short of remarkable.
The recent veiled criticism by the new US administration of Saudi Arabia will cast a dark cloud in the relationship between the kingdom and the Biden White...
Women and youth in Lebanon are the ones leading demonstrations, building movements and campaigns, and calling for inclusive negotiations and representative...
The Blue Line, stretching for 120km along Lebanon’s southern frontier, is a key to peace in the region. It is not a border, but a “line of withdrawal.”
As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: The COVID-19 crisis has a woman’s face.
It was no surprise that the first Arab nation on Joe Biden’s must-call list was Iraq, a state whose destiny has been entwined with America’s for three decades.
The crisis of COVID-19 has shocked the globe, putting in action the forces of transformation with a broad variety of potential trajectories.
Calls for declaring the neutrality of Lebanon from regional conflicts returned to the forefront of the national debate.