In November, 2022, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, said the Lebanese will have to bear more pain before their country sees a new government. Leaf insolently explained what the word ‘pain’ refers to by indicating that collapse and disintegration would be inevitable before the ...
Probe into Beirut Port blast in 2020 returned to the scene of Lebanon’s political developments this week, with the investigating judge Tarek Bitar charging top Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat along with several judges and officials in connection with the case. The investigating judge also charged Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head ...