Without a president for 14 months, the country of the cedars is undergoing a socio-political process of implosion. According to one (alarming) study, Syrian refugees who entered in 2012 could, within 15 years, account for half the population. And at the southern gate, a front has opened up between Hezbollah, a state within a state, and Israel.
A ghost state, an economy in ruins . Lebanon has still not recovered from the explosion at the port of Beirut a little over three years ago. With war looming on its southern border, the country teeters near total collapse.
BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has set June 14 as the date for holding a session to elect a Lebanese president. Former President Michel Aoun’s term expired last October with no successor lined up. Monday’s announcement came after Lebanon’s disparate opposition, independent and main Christian parties said on Sunday that they had nominated IMF official Jihad Azour for
The publication this month of a World Bank report on Lebanon, which presents a damning account of financial and fiscal policy in the country over the past 30 years, raised many eyebrows. Anyone reading it would come to the conclusion that the Lebanese brought the current crisis upon themselves through misguided and irresponsible financial maneuvers. In a state that is
In-depth: As living conditions worsen in cash-strapped Lebanon a new wave of anti-refugee sentiment has swept the country, with Syrian refugees blamed for the country's problems amid growing calls for their repatriation.