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Lebanon is trying something different, but how far will it succeed?

It is a tall order for a small group of people, yet they are determined to lobby for a pluralist and democratic future for Lebanon.

The crisis in Lebanon has reached a point of desperation evident by the move to remove subsidies for most of the poor

Lebanon and Turkey have begun to crack down on undocumented Syrian refugees, detaining thousands and deporting hundreds to Syria.

Lebanon, the smallest nation in continental Asia, is also one of the most populous. A relatively stable, secure and democratic state, its geographical location and the growing regional crisis are leading to pressing internal and external threats that Beirut must face. This issue brief examines these contemporary threats to Lebanese security: the Syrian Civil War, the rise of the Islamic State, domestic terrorism and sectarianism, and the nation's

While the coronavirus lockdown has certainly exacerbated the economic collapse and the protests that engulfed the country in October caused panic —

The COVID-19 pandemic is acting as a catalyst for deepening anti-Shia prejudice whose geopolitical dimensions are rooted in regional Sunni-Shia rivalr

After having made a Lebanon out of Iraq, the US, duly assisted by France and other West European powers, has embarked on a policy, which is likely to make an Iraq out of the Lebanon.

The lack of a strong governmental architecture may not be the fault of Lebanon alone, but the corruption is.

There is hardly an assassination case or a bombing in Lebanon’s history that has been resolved with the guilty prosecuted.

The Lebanese fear that a minor incident could get out of hand and cause war, and tumult the country into complete chaos.

Opening of gas fields offers scope for reducing conflict in the region and has the potential to reduce Europe's energy dependence on Russia

The year 2020 was a bad year for the world, owing to Covid-19 pandemic, but for the Middle East, it was even worse.

The Beirut port blast protest turns bloody as gunfire erupts between Hezbollah and alleged Lebanese Forces.

It is yet another unnerving week in the Middle East. What happens if Trump does not give a nod to the deal?

Iran recently organised the first international conference on 'World against Violence and Extremism (WAVE)' as per the proposal made by President Hassan Rouhani at the UN General Assembly in September. Most significantly, the conference brought together the Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen - four of the most troubled states in the region.

In the conflict-ridden countries of West Asia, while everyone is hoping for the storm to pass before it destroys their already fragile economies, thos

Lebanon backed by Britain and France introduced the UN resolution on Libya, supported by the US. What next? Not quite clear except that a huge question mark has been placed on the future of east Libyan oil reserves, rather like the one on Kirkuk in Iraq's Kurdish north.

Just as Lebanon's capital Beirut was under the thumb of an unbridled reign of crime, terrorism, sectarian and religious fundamentalism in the 1980s, Pakistan's port city of Karachi has hit headlines for all the wrong reasons during the decade of the 1990s.

Given the complexity of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, Russia will most likely expand its diplomatic efforts to bring the tensions to

Despite the sanctions, Iran has continued to act as a regional power with huge influence over the internal affairs of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen. That's what threatens Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf kingdoms, and America's rapproachment with Iran is the beginning of a tectonic shift in the regional balance of power.

गॅस फील्ड उघडल्याने या प्रदेशातील संघर्ष कमी करण्यास वाव मिळतो आणि रशियावरील युरोपचे ऊर्जा अवलंबित्व कमी करण्याची क्षमता आहे.

लेबनन स्फोटानंतर आता काही जणांनी आपली घरे, कार्यालये पुन्हा बांधण्यास सुरुवात केलीय. तर उरलेले सारे कसेबसे देशातून पळून जाण्याची वाट शोधत आहेत.

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इस्रायल आणि लेबनॉन या दोन देशामधील सीमेवर संयुक्त राष्ट्राच्या फौजांमुळे २०१४ पासून आलेली शांतता, बैरूत स्फोटाच्या वर्षपूर्तीमुळे पुन्हा भंगली.

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गरिबांसाठी असलेल्या आर्थिक सवलती काढून टाकण्याच्या हालचालीमुळे लेबनॉनमधील आर्थिक संकट बिकट टप्प्यावर पोहोचले आहे.

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