Hussein Darwish

Hussein Darwish
Arab World Residents check their destroyed neighborhood in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Returnees to Lebanon's Baalbek Plan to Live in Tents Over Home Rubble

Families from Lebanon’s Deir al-Ahmar and nearby villages celebrated the start of a ceasefire, which allowed them to return home. Packing their belongings…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek)
Arab World A Syrian refugee camp in the Lebanese town of Arsal in the eastern Bekaa region. (AP)

Lebanon Resumes Trips for Syrian Refugees’ Voluntary Return to Their Country

Lebanon will resume on Tuesday trips for Syrian refugees who have volunteered to return to their country. The General Security directorate will operate two…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek (eastern Lebanon) )
Arab World Lebanese-Syrian border crossing (Central News Agency)

Lebanese Gangs Control Crossings on Syria Border

The story of Lebanese Forces coordinator Pascal Sleiman’s murder on April 7 is still unfolding. His body was found in a Syrian village near Lebanon’s Hermel…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek )
Features Teacher Salwa Hazeem lights the heater and complains about the smoke emission inside the classroom (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanese Students Haul Wood to Classrooms to Confront Freezing Weather

Ali Shihab Hassan, the principal of Al-Kharibah Middle School in Baalbek, Lebanon, has asked students to bring to school branches from local orchards—fig,…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek)
Features Goods displayed in an indoor market in Bar Elias (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Bar Elias: Hub of Syrian Displacement in Lebanon, Thriving Commercial Center

“Doesn't it remind you of the Hamidiyah market (Syria)?” asks a visitor in the town of Bar Elias, located in eastern Lebanon. The visitor is struck by the…

Hussein Darwish (Bekaa)
Arab World Hezbollah’s Rivals in Eastern Lebanon Race to Influence Votes of Clans

Hezbollah’s Rivals in Eastern Lebanon Race to Influence Votes of Clans

Opposition forces are racing to win over clans and families in the Baalbek-Hermel governorate in eastern Lebanon, in an attempt to secure their votes in the…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek)
Arab World Security Forces To Curb Fuel Smuggling from Syria to Lebanon

Security Forces To Curb Fuel Smuggling from Syria to Lebanon

Syrian authorities have closed the smuggling crossings along the border with northeastern Lebanon, in an effort to curb increasing smuggling of fuel,…

Hussein Darwish (Baalbek)
Arab World Lebanese Security Forces Enter Tufail Village Bordering Syria

Lebanese Security Forces Enter Tufail Village Bordering Syria

Lebanese authorities complied with the appeals of the residents of the border town of Tufail, deploying some 30 military vehicles to the area after security…

Hussein Darwish (Bekaa)