Lebanon

The Beirut skyline is seen at sunset on August 06, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah.
The Beirut skyline is seen at sunset on August 06, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. The recent assassination of a Hezbollah military commander in Lebanon, as well as the killing of the political leader of Hamas in Iran, has heightened concerns of a wider regional war between Israel and Iran-backed enemies like Hezbollah. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Lebanon: Nothing About This is Normal

Despite ordinary people’s great resilience, we must never normalise civilians forced to live in a state of war.

9 Aug 24
Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images

Lebanon: Nothing About This is Normal

Lebanese people are once again facing the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Hizbullah.

9 Aug 24
A Lebanese girl lights a candle during an event honouring Issam Abdallah, Lebanese photojournalist killed by a missile strike of the IDF on October 13 while working in southern Lebanon, on October 22, 2023 in Beirut, Lebanon. Journalists and other civilians have been killed or wounded as Lebanon's southern frontier with Israel sees its most active fighting in years, with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group trading cross-border fire with Israel over the last two weeks. Regional tensions have flared fo
A Lebanese girl lights a candle during an event honouring Issam Abdallah, Lebanese photojournalist killed by a missile strike of the IDF on October 13 while working in southern Lebanon, on October 22, 2023 in Beirut, Lebanon. Journalists and other civilians have been killed or wounded as Lebanon's southern frontier with Israel sees its most active fighting in years, with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group trading cross-border fire with Israel over the last two weeks. Regional tensions have flared following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel, prompting that country to launch a siege of the Gaza Strip. © Manu Brabo/Getty Images

Fake News Fuels Fear in Lebanon

A confusing media landscape leaves citizens desperately searching for credible information.

1 Nov 23
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