Lebanon
The best of dispatches, features and analysis.
Scroll down for the best of the rest, including many news stories.
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INVESTIGATION
Israeli destruction in southern Lebanon tops prewar rate, despite truce
The Washington Post
19 January 2025
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DISPATCH
In a ruined Hezbollah stronghold, supporters question the costs of war
The Washington Post
2 December 2024
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In Beirut suburb, streets come back to life but the future is uncertain
The Washington Post
27 November 2024
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Israel’s war on Hezbollah takes terrible toll on Lebanon’s children
The Washington Post
19 November 2024
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Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon are hitting civilians without warning
The Washington Post
4 November 2024
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VISUAL FORENSICS
Israel has damaged or destroyed nearly a quarter of buildings in Lebanon’s south
The Washington Post
31 October 2024
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NEWS FEATURE
U.S. push for political reform in Lebanon collides with harsh realities
The Washington Post
25 October 2024
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DISPATCH
Lebanese Christians, caught in crossfire, refuse to leave war zone
The Washington Post
19 October 2024
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NEWS FEATURE
Peacekeepers wounded by Israeli fire in Lebanon, U.N. says, as tensions rise
The Washington Post
10 October 2024
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DISPATCH
Lebanon war has displaced seeking safety in an unlikely place — Syria
The Washington Post
4 October 2024
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VISUAL FORENSICS
Israel likely used U.S.-made 2,000-pound bombs in Nasrallah strike, visuals show
The Washington Post
29 September 2024
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FEATURE
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city
The Guardian
22 April 2024
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DISPATCH
Tale of two Lebanons: après-ski champagne flows, while 80% live in poverty
The Sunday Times
23 March 2024
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‘The people in Gaza shouldn’t leave their homes. Dying is better than the situation we are in’
The Times
20 November 2023
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DISPATCH
The Independent
3 November 2023
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ANALYSIS
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FEATURE
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‘I might not go back to school’: childhood dreams fade as poverty forces Lebanon’s young into work
The Daily Telegraph
26 February 2021
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DISPATCH
Doctors treat patients in cars as Lebanon's hospitals buckle amid a surge of Covid patients
The Daily Telegraph
1 February 2021
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ANALYSIS
How a Hezbollah-backed game show host cost Lebanon its rich Gulf allies
The New Statesman
18 November 2021
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DISPATCH
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'How can I rebuild my home?' Life-long Beirutis become displaced in their own city
The Daily Telegraph
7 August 2020
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Dispatch: The desperate search for bodies in rubble-strewn Beirut continues
The Daily Telegraph
5 August 2020
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FEATURE
'This will get ugly': Lebanon's health system trapped between economic catastrophe and coronavirus
The Daily Telegraph
31 July 2020
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'Thrown away like garbage': the plight of foreign workers in crisis-hit Lebanon
The Daily Telegraph
14 June 2020
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ANALYSIS
Lebanon’s people are finally rejecting their country’s entrenched political elite
The New Statesman
28 October 2019
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DISPATCH
The best of the rest
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Israel and Hezbollah agree to cease-fire, halting year-long conflict (The Washington Post)
Israel drops massive bomb in Beirut strike, as Lebanon mulls cease-fire (The Washington Post)
Israel orders Baalbek evacuation as Hezbollah chief vows to fight (The Washington Post)
20 children killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, officials say (The Washington Post)
Peacekeepers wounded by Israeli fire in Lebanon, U.N. says, as tensions rise (The Washington Post)
Israel has momentum in its battle with Hezbollah. But what comes next? (The Washington Post)
Israel begins ‘targeted’ operations in Lebanon, urges civilians to leave (The Washington Post)
Nasrallah’s death stuns Lebanon, as Israel pummels Beirut (The Washington Post)
Hezbollah firing more advanced weaponry as it ups pressure on Israel (The Telegraph)
Rocket attacks as Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire over border (The Telegraph)
IDF targets Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon for first time (The Telegraph)
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Israeli strike on Beirut kills top Hezbollah military official (The Washington Post)
Syria and Lebanon agree to halt violence following border clashes (The Washington Post)
Hezbollah buries longtime leader, projects strength amid setbacks (The Washington Post)
Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed (The Washington Post)
Lebanon says Israeli troops killed 24 ahead of ceasefire extension (The Washington Post)
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Israel 'fired US-supplied white phosphorous' into Lebanon in possible war crime (Telegraph)
Reuters journalist ‘killed by shell from Israeli tank’ (The Times)
Hassan Nasrallah is one man capable of igniting a wider war in the Middle East (Telegraph)
Israel-Hamas: the view from Beirut (Tortoise)
Reuters journalist killed in Israeli strike at Lebanon border (Telegraph)
UK company ordered to pay damages over deadly Beirut docks blast (The Times)
Hizbollah stages show of strength as stark warning to Israel (Telegraph)
Lebanon wakes up in two rival time zones in dispute over daylight saving (Telegraph)
Why Lebanon’s drivers can’t be legal (The Economist)
Former Lebanese PM charged with homicide over Beirut blast (The Times)
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Hizbollah leader warns of civil war after days of Lebanon protests (The Telegraph)
'Complete rubbish': Lebanese president's plea to protesters met with anger (Middle East Eye)
Lebanon's duelling protests: Streets of Beirut flood with renewed demonstrations (Middle East Eye)
Lebanese protesters thwart attempt to hold controversial parliament session (Middle East Eye)
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Hizbollah operative sentenced to five life terms over assassination of (The Telegraph)
Dozens of Lebanese prisoners on the loose after dawn jailbreak (The Telegraph)
Song of sorrow brings smiles back to abandoned maids in Lebanon (The National)
Three dead as hundreds of wildfires ravage the Middle East (The Telegraph)
'People will die within months': In Lebanon pandemic accelerates hunger (The Telegraph)
Lebanon's hopes for reform collapse as PM-designate Adib resigns (The Telegraph)
Lebanon MP warns country has ‘lost control’ of Covid-19 (The National)
France backs Hariri proposal to break cabinet deadlock (The National)
Lebanese brave perilous sea crossing to escape country in crisis (The National)
Lebanon ‘headed for hell without new government’ (The National)
Lebanon’s coronavirus cases spiraling ‘beyond expectations’ (The National)
Search called off for 'miracle' survivor in Beirut rubble (The Telegraph)
Beirut blast: Two Lebanese ministers resign as protesters clash with security forces (The Telegraph)
Migrant crisis in Lebanon worsens as more workers dumped on the streets (The Telegraph)
Lebanon hit by new protests as Covid-19 crushes economy already in collapse (The Telegraph)