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What are Hezbollah’s ambitions for the next government?

Jeanine JALKH

Focus The Shiite party would rather have a power vacuum than a cabinet that doesn’t comply with its wishes, according to one analyst. Read more

Ballistic missiles: the heart of Tehran's Middle East strategy

Élie SAÏKALI

Analysis From Iraq and Lebanon to Syria and Yemen, Iran has deployed ballistic missiles throughout the Middle East to make sure any future conflict takes place as far away from its own territory as... Read more

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L’Orient-Le Jour

Edito At almost 100 years old, is it not time for L'Orient-Le Jour to start a small revolution of its own? For the past 95 years, L'Orient, Le Jour, then L'Orient-Le Jour, have been covering the news... Read more

The Baha’is, a minority discreetly persecuted in war-torn Yemen

Julie KEBBI

Yemen Observers say that Iranian backed Houthi rebels are carrying out discriminatory acts against the religious minority similar to those taking place in Iran. Read more

Lebanon: Between freedom of the press and the challenges of social media

Michel TOUMA

Human Rights Day For decades, Lebanon has been the only country in the Middle East where most parties from across the political spectrum supported the protection of human rights. The United Nations marked Human... Read more

In Lebanon, political figures and powerful families control the media

Anne-Marie EL HAGE

Report The Samir Kassir Foundation and Reporters Without Borders just launched a survey of media ownership in Lebanon, revealing a landscape dominated by politicians and powerful families. Read more

Twenty artists to govern Lebanon differently …

Maya GHANDOUR HERT

Selection Since the formation of a new government has been dragging on for months, l'Orient-Le Jour decided to propose a cabinet of artists from all backgrounds – a cultural dream team of sorts – hoping it... Read more

We can still save the Litani River

Philippe LAZZARINI

op-ed “I don’t want the cancer to kill me” protestors chanted earlier this month in the Bekaa village of Houch El Rafqah. The pollution levels of the Litani River have reached disastrous levels in... Read more

The Litani river waters are nothing but wastewater

Suzanne BAAKLINI

Pollution The pollution will soon be irreversible if its sources are not dried up, according to an expert. Read more