Lebanon
Lebanese politician accuses Israel for Beirut
by Alison Tahmizian Meuse
August 13, 2020
Israel was “clearly” responsible for the explosion that shattered Beirut on August 4, killing more than 170...
The Beirut explosion and the drive to war
By Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
Aug. 8, 2020
Nobody can be certain of the true reasons behind the Beirut explosion, whether it was an accident or an act...
US, Israeli Media Scramble to Blame Hezbollah for Deadly Beirut Explosion
Pundits in the US and Israel are sounding the trumpets of war and trying to blame Hezbollah for the massive explosion in the port...
Interesting theories and information on the Beirut blast
by Richard Silverstein
August 8, 2020
This is the fourth in a series of articles about the Beirut port explosion and Israeli culpability for the disaster.
Asian...
The International Aid the Lebanese People Urgently Need Must Not Be...
11 August 2020
As activists in the international CADTM network we were deeply moved when hearing of the disastrous explosions that hit Beirut on Tuesday...
The Likud Conspiracy: Israel in the Throes of a Major Political...
by Ramzy Baroud
August 12, 2020
Protests against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have raged on for weeks, turning violent sometimes. Israelis are furious at their...
‘Lebanese people have suffered too much’: US encourages ‘peaceful’ regime change...
8 Aug, 2020
photo: NATALIA SANCHA
The US Embassy has expressed its solidarity with anti-government protesters in Lebanon, urging all sides to “refrain from violence,”...
Beirut blasts intensify economic and political crisis in Lebanon
Decades of neoliberal policies have made Lebanon among the most unequal societies in the world, and social and economic discontent is expected to grow...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader ‘categorically denies’ storing arms at Beirut blast site
07/08/2020
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday strongly denied that his powerful Shiite movement had stored arms at Beirut's port, describing the cataclysmic explosion there...
President Aoun: The explosion was caused by negligence or by external...
Aug. 8, 2020
Lebanese president Michel Aoun was first informed on July 20 about a dangerous stockpile of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut...