Word is Out

For six years the cloud of the assassination of popular Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and the ongoing investigation into the attack that took his life and the lives of 22 others has hung over the head of Lebanon. On Wednesday The Special Tribunal on Lebanon handed over its much anticipated uncensored indictments also naming the four members of Hezbollah, Mustafa Amine Badreddine, Salim Jamil Ayyash, Hussein Hassan Oneissi and Assad Hassan Sabra, charged only weeks ago with invo...

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The End of Modernity

Lebanon has been teetering on the edge for months as a deadly mix of political infighting and growing foreign interference have wreaked havoc on its stability and threatened to propel the country backwards. In a preview of what is to come, the first casualties have been the country’s rare, but sorely needed moderates, such as former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud—one of the few political figures to command a following, separate from the warring March 8 and March 14 coalitions. Long-con...

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