Paula Astih

Paula Astih
Arab World Int’l Effort to Launch Integrated Program for Humanitarian Response to Lebanon’s Crisis

Int’l Effort to Launch Integrated Program for Humanitarian Response to Lebanon’s Crisis

World powers are trying to secure humanitarian aid for the Lebanese people as the country continues to collapse economically amid a deadlock in the formation…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Hezbollah’s Call to Bring in Fuel from Iran Deepens ‘Sovereignty Crisis’ in Lebanon

Hezbollah’s Call to Bring in Fuel from Iran Deepens ‘Sovereignty Crisis’ in Lebanon

Calls by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on the Lebanese government to buy fuel from Iran has sparked a wave of criticism and warnings that he was eroding…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Interviews Taymour Jumblatt Says Dialogue is the Only Solution to Lebanon’s Problems

Taymour Jumblatt Says Dialogue is the Only Solution to Lebanon’s Problems

The head of the Democratic Gathering Bloc, MP Taymour Jumblatt, said that he did not remember many scenes of the Lebanese civil war. Born in 1982, he told…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Hankash: Various Risks Threaten Lebanon if Neutrality is Not Adopted

Hankash: Various Risks Threaten Lebanon if Neutrality is Not Adopted

Born in 1977, around two years after the eruption of Lebanon’s civil war, Kataeb MP Elias Hankash says it is difficult for him to forget the sound of…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanon: Political Parties Begin Preparations for Next Year’s Parliamentary Race

Lebanon: Political Parties Begin Preparations for Next Year’s Parliamentary Race

A year before the parliamentary elections of May 2022, most political parties and civil society groups began preparing for the electoral race, which…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Lebanese Prisons on the Brink of Famine

Lebanese Prisons on the Brink of Famine

Lebanon's economic crisis has recently affected prisons where detainees and their families warn of a possible "famine" if the quantities of the food they…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World Mouna Hraoui: Lebanese Women Had Huge Roles in Times of War, Peace

Mouna Hraoui: Lebanese Women Had Huge Roles in Times of War, Peace

President of the National Commission for Lebanese Women Mouna Hraoui has said that women have had huge roles in times of war and peace. The Lebanese woman…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Arab World ISIS Exploits Lebanon’s Power Vacuum

ISIS Exploits Lebanon’s Power Vacuum

An announcement by the Lebanese Army Command on the arrest of 18 ISIS-linked suspects has raised concerns that the terrorist organization was planning to…

Paula Astih (Beirut)