Three deaths show that ethnic tensions are on the rise, reports Lucy Fielder from Tripoli
Clashes between the Sunnis and Alawites in two poor neighbourhoods in Tripoli this week killed three people and heightened fears of the dreaded "spill-over" of (...)
The Tribunal continues, but the shadow of Syrian events hangs over Lebanon, notes Lucy Fielder in Beirut
Ban Ki-Moon's visit this week cast a spotlight on Lebanon and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), an issue that promises to rear its head (...)
As Syria hots up, Lebanon begins to feel the heat too, says Lucy Fielder in Beirut
A failed rocket launch and an attack on UNIFIL peace keepers shook the south this week, prompting fears among some Lebanese that the dreaded "spillover" from the (...)
The Lebanese government has decided to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the Hague, staving off another collapse, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
In true Lebanese political style, it was a backroom deal rather than a showdown in the end. (...)
Lebanon's vote against the Arab League's suspension of neighbouring Syria at the weekend provoked the anger of the opposition and even of some members of the cabinet, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Lebanese divisions over the Syrian uprising burst (...)
Jockeying over compliance with the STL has upset Lebanon's delicate political balance, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah made clear in a wide-ranging interview this week that the Hizbullah party would under no (...)
As the crisis over Lebanon's funding for the Special Tribunal comes to a head, the prime minister seems to be trying to buy time, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Pressure mounted on Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati this week as he attempted to (...)
The spat over the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is coming to a head, putting Najib Mikati in an unenviable position, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut
A row over the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) escalated this week, (...)
Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare has published an indictment alleging the involvement of Hizbullah supporters in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Al-Hariri in 2005, writes Lucy Fielder
After months of (...)
Israel's commencement of drilling for offshore gas near disputed waters raises the spectre of a future resource war with Lebanon, Lucy Fielder reports from Beirut
As if Lebanon and Israel needed further cause for conflict, the discovery of offshore (...)
Dominated by Syria's allies, Lebanon's government sat firmly on the fence this week as Arab states turned the heat up on Damascus, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Last week's statement by the UN Security Council condemning Syria shone a spotlight (...)
Lebanon's Special Tribunal confirmed this week the names of the first four Hariri assassination suspects, already leaked to the press, Lucy Fielder reports
Last week, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) released the names, photographs and some (...)
With unrest next door, the indictment of Hizbullah members is the last thing on people's minds, notes Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Prime Minister Najib Miqati's Hizbullah-backed cabinet won a routine confidence vote on Thursday despite a walk-out by the (...)
Hizbullah's long campaign against the Special Tribunal took the sting out of the indictments when they finally arrived. But the request to arrest its members in connection with Al-Hariri's assassination puts the prime minister in a bind, reports (...)
With Hizbullah's Nasrallah vowing that the suspects in the Rafik Al-Hariri killing will never be found, Saad Al-Hariri is set to return to pressure the government, writes Lucy Fielder
Lebanon's 14 March opposition group prepared to up its offensive (...)
Clashes in northern Lebanon have heightened fears of growing sectarian tensions and external meddling, writes Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Within a week of the formation of Lebanon's new cabinet, the political mudslinging between Damascus's allies, who (...)
After a typically drawn-out period of labour, Lebanon's new cabinet has been born with Syria believed to have acted as midwife, reports Lucy Fielder in Beirut
After a painful five-month period of labour, Lebanon's new cabinet was born on Monday, (...)
Conflict in the Lebanese Telecommunications Ministry last week is a worrying further sign of instability in the country, writes Lucy Fielder in Beirut
As yet another governmental vacuum dragged on in Lebanon last week, a showdown at the country's (...)
The Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah has been ambivalent about the protests in neighbouring Syria, explained by its ties with the Syrian regime, writes Lucy Fielder in Beirut
The Lebanese Shia political and military group Hizbullah would be profoundly (...)
In an act imbued with symbolism, Israel shot dead 11 unarmed protesters, most of them Palestinian refugees, this week when they gathered at the southern border of Lebanon to commemorate the Nakba of 1948, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
The (...)
For a change, a relatively quiet Lebanon is watching chaos unfold in Syria. But reactions from both sides have been unusually muted, says Lucy Fielder
As Lebanon watched events unfold in neighbouring Syria with mounting apprehension, the reaction of (...)
WikiLeaks diplomatic cables on the July 2006 war published this week have embarrassed US-backed Lebanese officials and further deepened divisions, Lucy Fielder reports
Lebanon's Al-Akhbar daily released WikiLeaks US embassy cables this week that (...)
Supporters of Lebanon's 14 March Movement flooded into Martyrs Square this week, but they have little power to back up calls for the disarmament of Hizbullah, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Thousands of Lebanese thronged Martyrs Square in downtown (...)
Inspired by the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions, protesters in Lebanon are calling for their own anti-sectarian revolution, writes Lucy Fielder in Beirut
As former Lebanese prime minister Saad Al-Hariri's 14 March Movement geared up for a show of (...)
14 March commemorated the anniversary of Rafik Al-Hariri's killing, but the movement has never looked so beleaguered, reports Lucy Fielder from Beirut
Lebanon's western-backed 14 March marked the sixth anniversary of former prime minister Rafik (...)