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“If the Shah and I have to die, it will be in Iran”

Caroline HAYEK

THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION The “king of kings”, who considered himself the “light of the Aryans”, spent his last days in Iran isolated in the Niavaran Palace, and on Jan. 16, 1979, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was forced to leave... Read more

Beirut’s Arab Summit was an extension of regional power struggles

Sandra NOUJEIM

Analysis Only two heads of state, the president of Mauritania and, significantly, the emir of Qatar, were present at the Arab League’s social and economic summit that was held in Beirut on Sunday, Jan. 20.... Read more

January 15, 1986: Geagea overthrows Hobeika to lead the LF

Julien ABI RAMIA

One day in Lebanese history A year earlier an internal war began between the Kataeb party and the LF. Read more

The policy of undermining the Lebanon state continues…

Philippe Abi-Akl

Opinion All of Lebanon has seemingly come to a halt because of the absence of a new government. It appears that this will remain the case as long as some political parties continue to let foreign interests... Read more

For Hashim Sarkis, Beirut was built without urban logic

May MAKAREM

Architecture “I still believe that things can be changed,” says the dean of the prestigious School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who was just appointed... Read more

After storm Norma, refugees in Bekaa camps are living a nightmare

Anne-Marie El-HAGE

Lebanon In Bar Elias, Syrian refugee camps are now flooded with water, mud and excrement... Read more

Hannibal Gaddafi: a new obstacle to the Beirut Arab League summit?

Suzanne BAAKLINI

Lebanon The Supreme Islamic Shia Council of Lebanon criticized Libya's invitation to the summit. Read more

Normalization between Damascus and the Gulf is not surprising

Caroline HAYEK

Analysis The Riyadh-Abu Dhabi-Cairo alliance has three main enemies: Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood and its Qatari backers and the Democratic Party in the United States. Read more