Lebanon
The International Aid the Lebanese People Urgently Need Must Not Be...
11 August 2020
As activists in the international CADTM network we were deeply moved when hearing of the disastrous explosions that hit Beirut on Tuesday...
The Likud Conspiracy: Israel in the Throes of a Major Political...
by Ramzy Baroud
August 12, 2020
Protests against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have raged on for weeks, turning violent sometimes. Israelis are furious at their...
‘Lebanese people have suffered too much’: US encourages ‘peaceful’ regime change...
8 Aug, 2020
photo: NATALIA SANCHA
The US Embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,”...
Beirut blasts intensify economic and political crisis in Lebanon
Decades of neoliberal policies have made Lebanon among the most unequal societies in the world, and social and economic discontent is expected to grow...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader ‘categorically denies’ storing arms at Beirut blast site
07/08/2020
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday strongly denied that his powerful Shiite movement had stored arms at Beirut's port, describing the cataclysmic explosion there...
President Aoun: The explosion was caused by negligence or by external...
Aug. 8, 2020
Lebanese president Michel Aoun was first informed on July 20 about a dangerous stockpile of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut...
‘Gift From God’: Former Israeli Parliament Member Celebrates Beirut Explosion
A former member of Israel's parliament member faced a backlash on social media after calling Tuesday's deadly port explosions in Beirut a "gift" from...
Macron the pro-Israeli “friend of Lebanon” trying to exploit the crisis
Macron says aid to blast-stricken Lebanon will not go to 'corrupt hands'
August 6, 2020
BEIRUT (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday promised aid...
Captain astonished to find out his ship delivered Beirut explosive
Retired Russian mariner says he was abandoned by vessel’s owner in 2013 while transporting the dangerous cargo, stranded in port for 11 months
By DARIA...
Who stands to benefit from the Beirut Explosion?
Aug. 5, 2020
On August 4, a powerful explosion hit the port of Beirut. The blast wave virtually destroyed the port itself and caused terrible...