The Beiruter

A proposed Gulf-Europe railway could reshape regional trade routes while reopening questions about Lebanon’s historic and future role in Middle Eastern rail connectivity.

A new economic simulation suggests Lebanon could gain or lose nearly an entire economy’s worth of output by 2035 depending on whether conflict persists or regional stability emerges. 

Lebanon is urging international action as military activity threatens the historic sites of Tyre and Beaufort Castle, two landmarks of global cultural significance.

Operation Litani was the culmination of a decade-long erosion of Lebanese sovereignty that transformed South Lebanon into a central battleground of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Former U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield argues that only bold political action not military force can weaken Hezbollah’s hold on Lebanon and restore the country's sovereignty.

On World Bicycle Day, Bike Club Beirut highlights how cycling is bringing people together while encouraging safer, more sustainable mobility across Lebanon.

Rival Iranian groups are increasingly bringing their political battles to London’s streets, exposing deep divisions over Iran’s future and the alliances being formed abroad. 

For many Americans, the Iran war registers not through casualties but through prices, an economic pressure that history shows can rapidly become political backlash.

How Russia's ghost fleet delivered 27,400 tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to Syria and why the world's diplomatic architecture failed to stop it.

Lebanon holds the highest percentage of PhD holders per capita in the Arab world, reflecting a deep-rooted national culture of education and intellectual achievement. 

The labeling of Pen League pioneers including Gibran Khalil Gibran as “Syrian poets” on a New York monument has sparked outrage and renewed debates over Lebanese cultural identity and historical memory. 

Women are now driving global protein demand as wellness culture shifts away from performance-driven fitness and toward longevity, preventive health, and everyday well-being.

From glowing orbs over Beirut to decades-old eyewitness accounts, Lebanon has become the setting for some of the region’s most unusual UFO sightings and extraterrestrial claims. 

Lebanon’s labor market collapse since 2019 has deepened unemployment, informality, youth exclusion, and brain drain across an economy struggling to recover from overlapping crises. 

The lack of reliable labor market data is obscuring the true impact of war and economic contraction on employment, incomes, and job opportunities in Lebanon.

After five decades of silence, plans to revive the Tripoli–Al-Aboudieh railway could reconnect Lebanon to regional trade networks and transform Tripoli into a key logistics hub.

Lebanon's inflation rate climbed to 17.3% in March 2026, as rising food, fuel, transport, generator, and leisure costs continue to squeeze household budgets despite relative currency stability.

As internal displacement grows across Lebanon, economists warn that its long-term costs on public finances, infrastructure, and economic growth far outweigh any short-term boost in consumer spending.

As carbon markets expand into a major source of climate finance, sustained geopolitical tensions are raising questions about whether international cooperation can keep pace.

Lebanon’s inflation rate has surged to 17.3% as rising oil prices, import costs, and regional instability push food, transport, and housing expenses sharply higher. 

Millions of children across the Arab world’s poorest countries remain excluded not only from education, but from the very systems meant to measure and protect their futures. 

Despite making up nearly half of the agricultural workforce in Lebanon and the MENA region, women farmers continue to face deep inequalities in land ownership, wages, and decision-making power. 

After standing unused for 26 years, Beirut’s Central Market may finally reopen or be reinvented as part of a broader commercial and agri-food hub project.

How war and destruction are pushing southern Lebanon’s olive oil sector into crisis, threatening both livelihoods and heritage.