Lebanon’s political crisis is set to deepen as the UN prosecutor’s findings into the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri were filed on Monday, writes freelance political writer Antoun Issa.
Hezballah
Opposition walkout throws Lebanon into a state of flux
Lebanon’s Hezballah-led Opposition has resigned en masse from the country’s fragile national unity government, triggering its collapse, writes freelance political writer Antoun Issa.
Hezbollah: Der Spiegel is conspiring with Israel
Political group and terrorist organisation Hezbollah has accused German magazine Der Spiegel of conspiring with Israel against them in an attempt to influence the upcoming elections in Lebanon.
Lebanese democracy in a state of farce
Although the West upholds Lebanon as a Middle Eastern democracy, vigorously supporting to its beleaguered “elected” government, there really isn’t much democratic about the country’s political process at all, writes Antoun Issa.
