One Unexploded Bomb Per Person
Inter Press Service Dahr Jamail SRIFA, Southern Lebanon — Close to a million unexploded bombs are estimated to litter southern Lebanon, according to UN forces engaged in the hazardous task of removing...
View ArticleOngoing Defiance/Political Gridlock in Lebanon
Last night, 19 April, Jeff and I visited the ongoing opposition sit-in near the Lebanese Parliament. In sum, there are four main political parties which participated in a sprawling protest on December...
View ArticleTempers Rise Over Reconstruction
BINT JBAIL, Apr 23 (IPS) – Eight months after Israeli attacks left devastation across many villages in southern Lebanon, reconstruction comes with mounting anger towards both Israel and the central...
View ArticleThis Protest Won’t Go Away
Inter Press Service BEIRUT — Lebanon is caught in political gridlock in the face of sustained opposition to the U.S.-backed government. The government is refusing to give in to opposition demands for...
View ArticlePolitical Loyalties Being Rebuilt
Inter Press Service AITA ECH CHAAB — People in this southern Lebanese village are rebuilding their destroyed houses with renewed vigour. And, with renewed loyalties to a combination of Hezbollah, Qatar...
View ArticleTensions Run High After Sunni Killings
Inter Press Service BEIRUT — The killings of two pro-government Sunni Muslims has raised tensions across Lebanon. Rival political leaders have called for calm amidst fear that the killings could spark...
View ArticleRefugees Learn to Substitute Government
BEIRUT — The influx of refugees from Palestinian areas and the inability of the government to do much for them has strengthened a unique NGO providing essential services. The Popular Aid for Relief and...
View ArticleRebuilding Resistance
BEIRUT — As reconstruction resumes in the heavily bombed southern Beirut district Dahiyeh, the signs are evident of a rebuilding of resistance against Israel and the U.S.-backed government, largely by...
View ArticleSlideShow: Destruction and Rebuilding in Southern Lebanon
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View ArticleLebanon’s Anti-Heroes
TruthDig.com Dahr Jamail “The history of liberty is a history of resistance.” —Woodrow T. Wilson “We rely on Hezbollah and these other countries which are helping us now because it’s all we have,” Abu...
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