By Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad – new-york times –  BAALBEK, Lebanon — Yahya Chamas says he is running in Lebanon’s parliamentary election on Sunday because decades of government neglect and corruption have left his district in the hills of northeastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley with shaky infrastructure and its people in poverty. “People are fed up,” […]

By Ben Hubbard and Hwaida Saad – new-york times –  BAALBEK, Lebanon — Yahya Chamas says he is running in Lebanon’s parliamentary election on Sunday because decades of government neglect and corruption have left his district in the hills of northeastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley with shaky infrastructure and its people in poverty. “People are fed up,” […]

This article does not necessarily represents khazen.org  by ERIC REGULY — theglobeandmail.com Lebanon goes to the polls for the first time in nine years on May 6, and the election has put the entire region on tenterhooks. Will the outcome change the geopolitical calculus between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two archrivals who are trying to turn Lebanon […]

This is an opinion article, it does not necessarily reflects khazen.org  Reuters by Tom Perry & Ali Hashisho –SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – The last time Lebanon held a parliamentary election, Youssef Sanjar enjoyed a paid flight home from Saudi Arabia to vote for Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s party. As an employee of the then thriving Saudi […]

by arabnews.com — Lebanon’s political old guard have been at the government’s helm for decades -– some since the 15-year-long civil war came to an end in 1990. But as the parliamentary elections approach, fresh faces have started to appear from within the independent groups who are challenging the political elite. Groups that have risen […]

BEIRUT, May 1 (Xinhua) — The Lebanese Customs police on Tuesday seized 6 kg of drugs hidden inside shoe soles of a smuggler at the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The police was tipped off about the drug smuggling attempt before the seizure, the NNA said. The suspect, […]