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Worldcrunch » beirut

beirut

Heavy black smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli air strike on Beirut southern suburb on April 27, 2025, Beirut, Lebanon
Geopoliticsoctober 7

Israel’s Need For Permanent War Is Its Great Weakness

by Pierre Haski May 16, 2025May 16, 2025
Saudi Arabia Steps (Back) Into Lebanon's Void After Debacle Of Iran-Hezbollah Axis
Economyunited states

Saudi Arabia Steps (Back) Into Lebanon’s Void After Debacle Of Iran-Hezbollah Axis

by Ahmad Rafat March 12, 2025May 24, 2025
HTS officer with his riflle sitting outside Sednaya Prison.
Geopoliticsgaza

Why The Palestinian Question Is Key To Syria’s Future — And Vice-Versa

by Mustafa Ibrahim and Elias Kassem January 12, 2025May 24, 2025
Syria's 'Slaughterhouse' Jail Sednaya Prison Near Damascus
Geopoliticshuman rights abuses

Opening Assad’s Prisons — What It Means For A Nation, What It Means For Me

by Ruqayyah Al-Abbadi December 10, 2024May 24, 2025
Collage of two photos: Left: Pianist Julia Alli playing the piano in her Lebanon home in 2023​. Rigght: Israeli soldiers at the same piano in fall 2024
Ideasmusic

Pianist Tragedy And Redemption, From Warsaw To Southern Lebanon

by Badia Fahs November 19, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of Iranian consultant, Ali Larijani, laughing in the aftermath of airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon
Geopoliticsisrael

Iran-Lebanon: When Larijani Laughed Amid The Rubble Of Beirut

by Hossam Farran November 18, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of birds flying away as smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut, on Oct. 22.
Geopoliticsgaza

No More Tears — My Lebanon War Diary And The Routine Of Tragedy

by Pascale Sawma November 13, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man watching on at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on Nov. 2.
Geopoliticsgaza

Israel Or Arab Regimes: Who’s To Blame For The Mess Of The Middle East

by Majed Kayali November 11, 2024May 24, 2025
Lebanese citizens in a café in Beirut watching a televised speech by Naim Qassem.
Israel-Palestine Waranalysis

Qassem’s Dilemma: Can The New Hezbollah Chief Learn To Lead Without Getting Killed?

by Hossam Daran October 31, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a hand touching the casket carrying Haj Maryam Qashqash during her funeral procession: she and her ten year old niece were both killed on April 23rd by an Israeli rocket that targeted their family home in southern Lebanon.
Geopoliticsisrael

Memories To Dust: A Southern Lebanon “Buffer Zone” Made By Destroying Our Homes

by Hazem El-Amin October 29, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a mother hugging her killed son on a stretcher
Geopoliticsafrica

Genocide Plots, White Man’s Conquest: Tracing Blame For Middle East Blood

by Badia Fahs October 22, 2024May 24, 2025
Teenagers leave Qalat Doubba Castle near the village of Shaqra South Lebanon
Israel-Palestine Wardisplaced people

Not Quite Death: My Diary Of Displacement From Southern Lebanon

by Traik Ismail October 20, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of woman holding up poster to end war in gaza
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

After Sinwar’s Death, Netanyahu Can Do One Of Two Things With His Victory

by Pierre Haski October 18, 2024May 24, 2025
Netanyahu Is Playing The U.S. Election Like A Master Class In Cynicism
Eyes on the U.S.gaza

Netanyahu Is Playing The U.S. Election Like A Master Class In Cynicism

by Dominique Moïsi October 14, 2024May 24, 2025
A man whose body was 50 per cent burned seen laying unconscious on a bed in the burns unit of Lebanon's Geitawi hospital.
Geopoliticsisrael

“We Call Him The Unknown Patient” — Inside Lebanon’s Only Hospital Burn Unit

by Lea Frehse October 11, 2024May 24, 2025
​A picture of a family lies in the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli missiles in the town of Saida, Lebanon, where 45 people were killed and 70 others wounded, October 4, 2024.
Israel-Palestine Warbenjamin netanyahu

Netanyahu Is Killing Us To Set Us Free? Logic, Grief And Resistance In Beirut

by Hazem El-Amin and Elias Kassem October 11, 2024May 24, 2025
A couple looking at the sea at sunset. In the distance, the city of Beirut. Sidon, Lebanon.
Israel-Palestine Warlove

Baghdad To Beirut: An Iraqi Poet Watches The World Abandon Lebanon

by Aya Mansour October 10, 2024May 24, 2025
a photo of a child stands by the window of a destroyed building in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis on Oct. 7, 2024
Geopoliticsbenjamin netanyahu

“Dehumanize Thy Enemy” — The Method Driving Israel’s Mass Killing Of Civilians

by Khaled Mansour October 8, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a bullethole in a mural depicting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Geopoliticsaxis of resistance

When I Met Nasrallah — My 25 Years Of Internal Conflict About Hezbollah

by Khaled Dawoud October 6, 2024May 24, 2025
A photo of an anti-Israel billboard.
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

Iran’s Other Problem: Hezbollah Rank And File Are Turning Against It

by Mariam Seif El-Deen October 4, 2024May 24, 2025
A photo of Israeli military tanks gather by the Israeli-Lebanon border.
Geopoliticsanalysis

Israel’s “Trial-By-Fire” Tactics In Lebanon May Mean A Far Longer War Than Promised

by Elias Kassem October 2, 2024May 24, 2025
Yes, Nasrallah Hit Makes The U.S. And Iran Look Weak — But This Won't End Well For Israel
GeopoliticsBashar al-Assad

Yes, Nasrallah Hit Makes The U.S. And Iran Look Weak — But This Won’t End Well For Israel

by Dominique Moïsi September 30, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a man in front of destroyed building
Geopoliticsforced displacement

IDF Texts, Then Bombs — A View From Under Israel’s Bloody Assault On Southern Lebanon

by Tarik Ismail September 24, 2024May 24, 2025
An illustration of electronic devices with bomb fuses coming out of the top.
Geopoliticseuropean union

Israel’s Pagers Attack Is A “9/11 Moment” For Digital Security

by Firas Dalaty September 23, 2024May 24, 2025
A photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) visiting the Ramat David Air Force Base in northern Israel
Geopoliticsbenjamin netanyahu

Perfect Storm For Lebanon War: Hezbollah Disarray, Netanyahu’s Total Victory Delusions

by Hazem El-Amin September 21, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a funeral
Geopoliticsisrael

Israel’s Attacks Against Hezbollah Come Amid Signs It Will Launch Full-Scale War In Lebanon

by Hazem El-Amin September 18, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man walking in Ghazieh, Lebanon, as plumes of smoke rise in the background
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Theater Of War: How Israel And Hezbollah Orchestrate Attacks That Never Cross The Line

by Badia Fahs September 4, 2024May 24, 2025
How Iran And Hezbollah Are Quietly Doing Everything To Avoid Escalation With Israel
Geopoliticsgaza

How Iran And Hezbollah Are Quietly Doing Everything To Avoid Escalation With Israel

by Majed Kayali September 2, 2024May 24, 2025
A picture of a family mourning in Hanin, Lebanon.
Women Worldwidefamily

Secret Abortion In The Arab World: A Lebanese Woman Shares Her Story

by Mona Hamdan and Elias Kassem July 8, 2024May 24, 2025
​A local woman is seen in a temporary accommodation facility set up in a former school building.
Geopoliticssyria

Shrapnel Pride, Sexual Scars — Girlhood Memories From Syria’s Civil War

by Anjel Gergis June 28, 2024May 23, 2025
Flares from ballistic missile and drone explosions over Tel Aviv.
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

Did Israel Set A Trap For Iran — Or For Itself?

by Pierre Haski April 15, 2024May 24, 2025
​Masked Palestinian gunmen from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah movement led by President Mahmoud Abbas seen carrying their weapons during the demonstration for the Palestinians who were shot dead by the Israeli army this year, in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
Israel-Palestine Warhamas

The Doctrine Of Armed Struggle — A Fatal Flaw For The Palestinian Cause

by Majed Kayali March 23, 2024May 22, 2025
photo of a boy covering his face
Israel-Palestine Warpalestinian state

Palestine As “The Great Arab Cause”: What’s Changed Since October 7

by Samer El-Karanshawy February 15, 2024May 22, 2025
Funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chief of Hamas's political bureau, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Munich 1972 Lessons: Why Mossad’s Assassination Campaign Won’t Defeat Hamas

by Elias Kassem January 6, 2024May 21, 2025
Photo of blast in Beirut that resulted in killing Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Killing Hamas Leader In Beirut Was The “Win” Netanyahu Needed — But Carries A Huge Risk

by Pierre Haski January 3, 2024May 24, 2025
Photograph of a woman walking down the street in Beirut.
Geopoliticsisrael

What Will Hezbollah Do? Lebanon’s Fate Hangs In The Balance

by Cameron Manley October 16, 2023May 21, 2025
This Happened — August 4: Beirut Blast
This Happenedlebanon

This Happened — August 4: Beirut Blast

by Worldcrunch August 4, 2023May 19, 2025
Photo of Part of Beirut port silos collapses
Ideaseconomy

Beirut Blast And Us: A New Generation Of The Lebanese Diaspora Finds Its Voice

by Worldcrunch March 17, 2023May 19, 2025
photo of an Orthodox family checking in to Dubai Airlines at Tel Aviv airport
In The Newsisrael

Abraham Accords Unleashed: The Middle East Will Never Be The Same

by Alidad Vassigh November 26, 2021May 21, 2025
Damage in Beirut after the Aug. 4 double blast
Futureindia

Will Beirut Bring About A Global Shift In Storage Safety?

by Worldcrunch August 11, 2020May 20, 2025

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