BEIRUT: Adel Afiouni, the caretaker minister of state for investment and technology, responds to emailed questions by The Daily Star on the dire state of...
BEIRUT: Samir Khatib remains the most likely candidate to be named prime minister in parliamentary consultations, which a source at Baabda Palace said...
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s uprising has unquestionably been led by the youth and strictly opposed to the sectarian logic of the Civil War generation. But after...
BEIRUT: Recent days have witnessed an unprecedented show of force and violence by Hezbollah and Amal Movement supporters against protesters across the...
BEIRUT: The mood on Lebanon’s streets was dampened Monday by the attacks and intimidation of Hezbollah and Amal supporters in Beirut, amid increasing...
BEIRUT: The trouble began Sunday night with an altercation between a number of men on the Beirut Ring Bridge, one of whom shouted vulgar insults about...
BEIRUT: Tear gas was used by security forces early Monday to disperse protesters and supporters of the country's two biggest Shiite parties after...
BEIRUT: Protesters set their sights on large swaths of privatized coast Sunday on the 39th day of nationwide demonstrations, calling for public access to be...
BEIRUT: The idea of building a phoenix statue first came to Hayat Nazer after she saw a mob rampage through Downtown Beirut last month, setting fires, beating...
BEIRUT: Several hundred women marched through the streets of the southern city of Tyre Saturday, calling on others to add their voices to the 38th consecutive...
BEIRUT: Financial Prosecutor Ali Ibrahim Wednesday filed lawsuits against three former telecoms ministers and the heads of Lebanon’s state-run telecoms...
BEIRUT: Protesters Tuesday forced lawmakers to postpone two Parliament sessions after blocking roads leading to Nijmeh Square. Despite scuffles and gunshots...
BEIRUT: Both parliament sessions scheduled Tuesday were indefinitely postponed after hundreds of protesters blocked all the main entrances leading to...
BEIRUT/JIYYEH: From Beirut to Baalbeck and Nabatieh to Tripoli, tens of thousands of Lebanese marked one month of protests Sunday in an outpouring of unity...
BEIRUT: It’s been 30 days since the country began its uprising against a mainly corrupt political class which many believe plundered and mismanaged Lebanon...
BEIRUT: Hezbollah has torpedoed hopes of government formation this week by insisting on appointing politicians for its share, despite other political forces...
BEIRUT: “If they see no decent people in this state, let them emigrate. They won’t get into power,” President Michel Aoun said Tuesday...
BEIRUT: At a roadblock on the Beirut “Ring Bridge” in late October, Karim, a 19-year-old physical education student from Beirut’s southern...
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri has informed top officials, including President Michel Aoun and Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil,...
BEIRUT: Parliament is set to meet next Tuesday for a session Speaker Nabih Berri dubbed a “legislative revolution.” Four laws are on the agenda: A...
BEIRUT: Under massive street pressure from protesters demanding accountability, Lebanon’s judiciary Wednesday began taking action on cases alleging...
BEIRUT: Roads across Lebanon remained blocked by protesters Monday, on the 19th day of nationwide protests, despite calls to reopen them and target public...
TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: Whether it is referred to as the “heart,” the “bride” or the “reservoir” of the revolution, the fact is...
BEIRUT: In the most widespread violence since mass anti-government protests began nearly two weeks ago, supporters of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement entered...
BEIRUT: “I feel like we were followers from the day we were born. Now is the first time we are leaders,” Kamal Rida said, reclining in a camping...