Voting turnout at 6 p.m. stood at 46.88 percent: Interior Ministry by middleeastmonitor.com  — Voters queued outside polling stations across Lebanon on Sunday for the chance to take part in its first general election in nine years – an event seen as important for economic stability but unlikely to upset the overall balance of […]

Article do not necessarily represents opinion of khazen.org  By Louisa Loveluck and Suzan Haidamous washingtonpost.com — BEIRUT — Much has changed in Lebanon in the nine years since its last election. Next door, Syria has been ravaged by war, and more than 2 million refugees have sought sanctuary in Lebanon. A long-exiled former general is […]

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, […]

by Najib A. Mozahem — sciencetrends.com – It is no secret that the printed newspaper industry is facing a crisis. This is due to the fact that people can now get news updates almost instantaneously, thanks to smartphones. As the users migrate online, so do the advertisers. Why advertise in newspapers when specific market segments can be targeted […]