On a visit to Hizbullah's museum of resistance in south Lebanon, Raed El-Rafei discovers a new resort for resistance tourism
The teenage boy positioned himself behind a rocket launcher nestled in a group of oak trees. Pulling a face, he asked his (...)
Are we doomed to live on the fault lines of misconceptions and a lack of understanding, or can new technologies empower individuals to make their voices heard across borders, asks Raed Rafei
The sight of Sunni Muslims storming a Christian (...)
With Israel launching a brutal attack against Gaza, fear in Lebanon has mounted that a military confrontation will be triggered along the country's southern border, Raed Rafei reports
In the summer of 2006, while Israel was battling the Palestinian (...)
Lebanon's president visits Iran in an attempt to bolster Lebanese unity, writes Raed Rafei
Following visits to a number of Western and regional capitals, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman held talks in Tehran on Monday with his Iranian counterpart, (...)
Can Lebanese society pull together under the ever-looming war clouds, asks Raed Al-Rafei
A second round of Lebanese talks failed Wednesday to advance the dialogue over a national defence strategy, which is expected to remain unresolved until (...)
Syria and Lebanon have taken another step towards fraternal but ultimately sovereign relations between them, writes Raed Rafei
Lebanon and Syria's official sealing of diplomatic ties for the first time since their independence was an important (...)
The Lebanese state continues to confront the consequences of Sunni attempts to counter Hizbullah by way of radical Islamists, writes Raed Rafei
The uncovering of a "terrorist cell" accused of two deadly attacks against the Lebanese army was met with (...)
Lebanese leaders began another attempt at dialogue this week, but were poles apart on the only real item on the agenda: Hizbullah's arms, Raed Rafei and Lucy Fielder report from Beirut
"Who is trying to assassinate the dialogue?" asked the headline (...)
Resolved for now, recent strife in Tripoli may be an indication of widespread trouble to come, writes Raed Rafei in Beirut
After several weeks of sporadic fighting in Tripoli, a high-profile memorandum for peace was signed Monday night to put an end (...)
Hizbullah's shooting on a Lebanese army helicopter has raised many eyebrows, writes Raed Rafei in Beirut
Hizbullah's shooting on a Lebanese army helicopter, entailing the killing of an officer on Thursday threatened to create a crisis between the (...)