Tamara Qiblawi

For the first time in Lebanese history, electoral candidates are promoting gay rights, marking the most high-level endorsement of equal protection in the Arab world.

In a city that was long a hodgepodge of political, religious and economic differences, the damage spared no one, Tamara Qiblawi writes.

How a massive explosion left a trail of destruction across Beirut and beyond

Authorities say Lebanon’s traders have withheld 74% of the country’s essential subsidized goods. It has meant that many mothers can’t feed their children, and that sick people often do not have access to life-saving drugs.

A hushed silence fell over the crowd outside the Istanbul headquarters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) party.

From his days as a clerical student, to overseeing executions as part of the judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi’s life has been intimately tied with Iran’s tumultuous modern history. Yet after all that, his presidency was notably unremarkable.

Israeli troops are understood to have made their deepest incursion into southern Lebanese territory since the recent offensive began on October 1, as the militant group Hezbollah considered its response to a fresh ceasefire proposal.

Amos Hochstein is expected in Beirut on Tuesday, according to two Lebanese official sources, in a sign of progress in ceasefire negotiations for the deadly cross-border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The top judge at the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam has been designated Lebanon’s next prime minister in a surprising turnaround for the crisis-ridden country.

‘Ethnic cleansing!’ Videos show Syrian government-aligned forces reveling in massacre of minorities in coastal town