The recent visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Saudi Arabia concluded with an agreement to extend economic aid to Lebanon. The development comes after a series of disagreements between the Lebanese and Saudi governments revealed that the relationship between the two has deter
Lebanon’s fragile peace has become more fraught since the shooting of pro-Hezbollah protesters by armed assailants. The situation around Beirut and other major cities was already tense, due to a worsening economic and security crisis.
On Thursday, August 11, a 42-year-old gunman, Bassam Al-Sheikh Hussein, invoked a hostage crisis at a Federal Bank in Beirut.
On Sunday, May 15, Lebanon held its first parliamentary election since the onset of the country’s economic crisis, one of the most severe globally in over 150 years, according to the World Bank.
On Saturday, April 23, a small boat carrying over 60 people capsized off the northern coast of Tripoli, Lebanon.
With three months to go until Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, some suspect that Hezbollah and a handful of political allies are attempting to undermine them.
