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NATO funding - NATO budget - NATO defence spending - Indirect funding NATO - 5% GDP defence

How NATO funds its defence

NATO’s power rests on member spending, not a standing army, as indirect funding dwarfs its shared budgets.

By The Beiruter

Lebanon 2025 - Lebanese government performance - State institutions - Ministerial reforms - Governance review

THE BEIRUTER’S WATCH

Inside Lebanon’s ministries, tracking performance.

By The Beiruter
Mohamad Chatah - Ronnie Chatah - Lebanon sovereignty - Lebanese state institutions - Political reform

Mohammad Chatah: A life given to Lebanon’s sovereignty

Portrait of Mohamad Chatah’s vision for a sovereign Lebanese state, seen through his son Ronnie’s reflections on reform, diplomacy, and loss.

By Josiane Hajj Moussa
Jounieh Port - Lebanon maritime development - coastal redevelopment - Lebanese infrastructure - touristic port Jounieh

How Jounieh’s Port reclaimed its future

Jounieh revives its maritime role with new touristic and commercial ports, reshaping Lebanon’s coastal economic future.

By Katharine Sorensen
Hezbollah - Iran - Iran influence in Lebanon - Reconstruction - funding networks

“The lifeline of war” and organic dependency

Extensive Iranian financing shaped Hezbollah’s military growth, social services, reconstruction programs, and operational expansion across the region.

By Omar Harkous
Conrad of Montferrat - Crusades - Nizari Ismailis - Assassins - Syria - Lebanon

Quest for the real assassin’s creed

The Assassins, a medieval sect, used targeted killings to challenge political powers in the Crusader era.

By Tony McMahon
Diabetes risk factors - Type 1 diabetes - Type 2 diabetes - Lebanese diabetic diet - balanced diabetic meals - healthy eating for diabetes - diabetes diet tips

Diabetes: Separating fact from fiction

Diabetes awareness guide: causes, misconceptions, insulin, GLP-1 drugs, diet tips, and maintaining healthy blood sugar.

By Nada Merhi
port development - northern Lebanon economy - regional neglect - Lebanon maritime history - Tripoli port

The port Lebanon left behind

Tripoli’s port reveals Lebanon’s persistent political neglect, limiting its economic promise despite clear strategic potential.

By Katharine Sorensen
Interpol - Venezuelan passport - Ali Zaki Haj Jalil - Iran - Hezbollah - Syria

From a Beirut suburb to Caracas: Passports as a security façade in the network

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

By Omar Harkous