Hanna Saleh

It feels like fate: Lebanon has taken politics back after an absence that had gone on for decades in the aftermath of the coup against the Taif Agreement and the constitution. The Syrian earthquake, which was preceded by the earthquake of Lebanon’s defeat that left Hezbollah with losses that it…

Some dates carry a symbolic weight. They are kept alive in our memories and remain part of our collective consciousness after they have passed. October 17, 2019, is the day that Lebanon’s most profound revolution began, facilitating the first real reconciliation between different generations and…

January 9th, the date set for the parliamentary session to elect a president for the Lebanese Republic, is one weekaway. If successful, it would end a vacancy that has gone on for 26 months, and this is not the time for gray choices. More than ever before, the president must be someone “whose…

Lebanon is facing a historic test after having been dragged into a perilous war against its will. Lebanese blood was spilled, infrastructure was destroyed, and tens of thousands of families were displaced for long periods. The enemy has erased border towns, depriving residents of shelter. All the…

The third Lebanon War is close to becoming totally unrestrained, and the country is exposed. Israel launched a devastating incursion by air last Saturday that has turned into genocide since Monday. Massacres have been perpetrated in the south and the Bekaa Valley, resulting in a heavy toll: over…

US Presidential Envoy Amos Hochstein had not arrived in Tel Aviv to hold talks to dissuade Israel from expanding the war in the north when its Northern Command announced that it was recommending that “the Israeli army be allowed to create a buffer security zone in southern Lebanon." General Ori…

We often hear Mohammad Raad reiterate that “the Israeli enemy is in crisis,” to which the Hezbollah deputy always adds: “If the enemy wants to expand the conflict, we are ready.” The longer the skirmish goes on, the more evident the victory over Zionist arrogance, for we have only used a small…

The seven southern towns that were cut off of Lebanon during the French Mandate, and have now become Israeli settlements, remain in the Lebanese collective memory, particularly that of the South. There are several reasons to remember these towns, given the emerging threats to geographic integrity…

From the US to all four corners of the globe, everyone is recalibrating their positions after the shots were fired in Pennsylvania. Former President Donald Trump miraculously escaped death, but the bullets wounded President Biden and his party. The repercussions of the failed assassination attempt…

After conquering the city of Tyre, Alexander the Great wrote to his concubine in Macedonia, reassuring her that it would not be long before he returned from Phoenicia. He spoke of beautiful mountains that resemble his homeland’s, the abundance of water and agricultural land, and coastal cities…