International donors have pledged to help Lebanon reduce the debt and the government has promised reforms to bring down expenditures. The protests seem to be a leaderless uprising with one common ...

The skies above Lebanon have been filled with colorful balloons in recent days. They're not in celebration, but in protest, and bear the message "Enough, we want dignity" scrawled in Arabic in ...

Lebanon has seen mass anti-government demonstrations since October 17, 2019, when the government announced a slew of new taxes. The countrywide protests devolved into expressions of anger against ...

A new wave of unrest against governments is sweeping the Middle East. Washington, DC & Beirut, Lebanon -- It's been nearly a decade since a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire -- an act of ...

Massive, unexpected protests erupted across Lebanon on Thursday. While the protests were triggered by the government’s plan to impose a tax on WhatsApp, a popular messaging app, the underlying ...

“This time it’s all of Lebanon.” Though some protesters smashed store windows in downtown Beirut and set tires aflame on Friday, the protests were mostly peaceful, the prevailing mood one of ...

Fury at political elites has engulfed Lebanon. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets across the country for anti-government protests, paralyzing its economy and blindsiding its government.

At least three people were killed and more than 40 others injured in southern Lebanon Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire ...

The protests that resumed for the second day in south Lebanon were particularly focused in eastern border villages, as displaced residents, accompanied by the Lebanese Armed Forces, again tried ...

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