Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Zak Brophy BEIRUT, May 3, 2012 (IPS) – The Lebanese army seized a ship last weekend carrying three containers filled with weapons reportedly intended for Syria’s rebel fighters. Although Lebanon has remained relatively stable throughout the sustained violence next door in Syria, this discovery is the most [...]
Syrians Running Out of Refuge in Lebanon
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mona Alami BEIRUT, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – Syrians from the border town Tell Khalakh have been fleeing a wave of violence over recent weeks to cross into neighboring Lebanon. But those seeking refuge now face an uncertain fate. Syrian territory lies only a few hundred metres [...]
Lebanon in a Quandary
December 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jaya Ramachandran IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BRUSSELS (IDN) – As the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), dealing with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2005, prepares to issue its first indictments, a prestigious think-tank is pleading for an intra-Lebanese deal, which it considers necessary to [...]
’12 Angry Lebanese’ Touch So Many More
October 17, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Dalila Mahdawi BEIRUT, Oct 17, 2010 (IPS) – Straddling the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea is Roumieh, Lebanon’s largest and most notorious high-security men’s prison. Crowded into its dank and depressing concrete cells are those convicted as religious extremists, murderers, mobsters and spies. Roumieh’s reputation for fostering [...]
LEBANON: Tourism Planted at a Barbed Border
October 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mona Alamiidn KHIAM, Lebanon, Oct 7, 2010 (IPS) – The contours of a modern medieval castle stretch along the Wazzani River delineating Lebanon’s border with Israel. A few metres away from the United Nations-mandated Blue Line, on Lebanon’s first line of fire with Israel, a tourism project [...]
LEBANON: Twin Visions, Twin Enemies Tearing the Country Apart
September 14, 2010 By
Global Analyst Online – Global News Blog / IPS Analysis by Mona Alami BEIRUT, Sep 14, 2010 (IPS) – Last month’s bloody gun battle in the streets of a heavily populated Beirut neighbourhood may have been triggered by an individual incident; its sectarian dimension, however, has once again highlighted the underlying battle of two currents [...]
White House Questions Suspension of Military Aid to Lebanon
August 12, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Eli Clifton* WASHINGTON, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS) – Several powerful members of Congress have worked to suspend U.S. military aid to Lebanon’s military after a deadly skirmish on the Lebanese-Israeli border last week which left two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and one Israeli officer dead. Howard [...]
LEBANON: Racism Legitimised by Law
August 6, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mona Alami BEIRUT, Aug 6, 2010 (IPS) – Lebanon has a reputation for openness because of the relative freedom enjoyed by women in comparison to other Middle Eastern countries. But many women face rampant discrimination. Women driving luxury vehicles with an Asian or African woman relegated to [...]
Rumblings Rise Between Hezbollah and Israel
July 13, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH, Jul 12, 2010 (IPS) – Israeli intelligence has warned that a new war with Hezbollah on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon cannot be ruled out, following heightened tensions between United Nations peacekeeping forces and Hezbollah supporters in the south of Lebanon. "Israel has to [...]
Hezbollah Rocket Inventories Worry Israel, U.S.
May 2, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mona Alami BEIRUT, May 2 (IPS) – Recent warnings by the United States that Hezbollah (Party of God) possesses more rockets than most governments has once again placed the party’s arsenal under the spotlight. In recent weeks, pressure has been mounting on Hezbollah – the political party that began [...]
