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Lebanon’s anguish grows

22 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailFrance, Hezbollah, Lebanon

With another prime minister gone and Hezbollah blocking the effort to end sectarian government, the people of Lebanon continue to bear a terrible price for the failures of political leadership.

Media and propaganda in the Arab world

8 October 202013 October 2020William LawArab Digest EmailEgypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia

The absolute control of media space in most Arab states effectively smothers freedom of expression and silences critics and opponents.

Macron in MENA

11 September 202011 September 2020Hugh MilesPodcastsChad, France, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Sahel, Turkey, UAE

Arab Digest · Macron In MENA

Lebanon after the blast

9 September 20209 September 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, Lebanon

More than a month after the Beirut harbour explosion, Lebanon struggles to find hope and a way forward.

Lebanon’s path to a failed state

11 August 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, France, Lebanon, Turkey, USA

In response to the port explosion donor countries are bypassing the government of Prime Minister Hassan Diab.

Lebanon’s agony

5 August 2020William LawArab Digest Emailal-Qa'ida, Covid-19, ISIS, Lebanon

A massive explosion devastates Beirut; Israel denies any involvement. We also circulate below a transcript of last Friday’s podcast “The tactics of terror: ISIS and Al Qaeda in Yemen”.

Lebanon: politicians fiddle as the economy burns

4 August 2020William LawArab Digest EmailCovid-19, France, Lebanon

A key ministerial resignation, a Covid-19 upsurge, an economy headed to ruin and a middle class slamming headfirst into poverty: Lebanon’s disaster unfolds.