A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the country’s municipal elections in Beirut. Reuters
by Youssef Diab | May 21, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut-Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon is heading towards a political battle in Sunday’s municipal elections as a list headed by the current municipal chief, Engineer Mohammed al-Saudi, is seen to be capable of achieving victory once more. But a factor that cannot be...
by Barak Gatenyo and Daniel Nisman | Jul 18, 2013 | Opinion
Lebanon’s politics are becoming about as predictable as molecules in an atom smasher. After three months of fruitless negotiations, the efforts of Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam to form a cabinet remain at square one. The parliament remains unable to fill a...
