Lebonon

MARLENE SABEH The decision to cancel the six MP expatriates’ seats and move up election day from May 8 to March 27 had the whole Lebanese diaspora feeling outraged. Ever since expatriates acquired the right to vote in the Lebanese Parliamentary Elections from abroad, granted […]

Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal into Syria, a rare case of a return which Lebanon’s government wants to encourage. People gathered in minivans and tractors in the morning, loading them with mattresses, water tanks and furniture. Lebanese security personnel […]