The Beiruter

How Venezuelan passports shield Hezbollah operatives and enable smuggling, fraud, and covert networks.

Hezbollah’s open letter publicly challenges Berri, revealing a rift within the Shiite political alliance.

The U.S. intensifies efforts to disrupt Hezbollah's finances, targeting key operatives and Iranian links.

Israel intensified its military pressure on southern Lebanon through airstrikes, evacuation orders, and alarming media rhetoric, aiming to coerce Lebanon into direct negotiations and disarm Hezbollah.

Lebanon’s sovereignty struggles, shaped by sectarian divides, foreign interventions, and internal conflicts, keep the state suspended.

Hezbollah’s actions and rhetoric expose Lebanon’s deepening crisis between democracy, intimidation, and political domination.

Southern Lebanon endures devastation and displacement as Hezbollah prioritizes military ambitions over civilian safety and dignity.

Lebanon boosts border security and anti-narcotics cooperation with Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Congressman LaHood stresses Hezbollah’s disarmament, democratic reform, and U.S.-Lebanon partnership at LIC’s gala.

New directives limit cash transactions, provoking Hezbollah criticism.

Between state and militia, Lebanon’s sense of national belonging faces a profound crisis.

Lebanon faces pressure from the U.S. to disarm Hezbollah and engage in peace talks with Israel amid warnings of instability and missed regional peace opportunities.

Lebanon risks deeper instability as state inaction empowers an armed group vulnerable to both state authority and internal Shiite divisions.

Israeli strikes and ceasefire violations raise fears and cause residents in southern Lebanon to sell homes.