Lebanon

More and more protesters say the general-turned-president has broken too many promises and must go.

Lebanese protesters are reappropriating roadblocks—long a mark of civil war-era division—as a symbol of unity.

The world marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hezbollah is stuck between the establishment and the protesters, and Palestinian Israelis wield newfound political power.

Safe zones rarely bring security benefits, and the Turkish incursion in northern Syria risks ending the same way as Israel’s disastrous occupation of southern Lebanon.

With ongoing protests, potential sectarian clashes, and threats of terrorism in the region looming, the country’s armed forces need propping up now more than ever.

The Shiite group has to decide whether it is a resistance movement or part of the establishment.

The protests combine political and economic grievances and could bring down the country’s sect-based political order.

Mass protests could put an end to the ethnic clientelism that has empowered corrupt leaders. But demonstrators must stand their ground or risk being co-opted like those who rose up in 2005.

Despite Hariri’s resignation, public anger won’t be easy to soothe.

Fed up with decades of economic mismanagement and corruption, most demonstrators just want the government gone.

Lebanon and Iraq are rising up against constitutions that have empowered religious factions—and enabled their corruption.

Tehran may be good at winning influence, but it is bad at ruling after that.

From self-immolations to forest blazes, the country’s conflagrations are igniting pan-sectarian protests.

Beirut is ready to send refugees home, but there isn’t much for them to go back to.

The Shiite group is making inroads with other communities. Here’s how—and why.

Future dependency on Israeli natural gas could change the political equation for many European countries that are currently critical of Israeli policies toward Palestinians.

The country has hosted the most refugees per capita in the world—and it’s now out of patience.

Lebanon is replacing its famed peaks with ones made of trash. Its population’s health—and pocketbooks—are suffering.