This film takes us inside another of the most prominent and influential political dynasties in Lebanon in recent history. Lebanon’s complex politics have often been controlled by the country’s leading families, divided along sectarian lines. The Gemayel family has dominated Lebanon’s Maronite Christian population for generations. Their leaders have faced political infighting, involvement in the country’s civil war, negotiated a …
In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR BEIRUT — Every evening, from dusk until dawn, a group of guards fan across the predominantly Christian Beirut neighborhood of Ashrafieh. toggle caption Ali Khara for NPR "There has been an upsurge of tensions and that has been primarily the work …
As Israel’s invasion of Lebanon intensifies and brings more destruction to the Mediterranean nation, anger among the Lebanese with Israel is, not surprisingly, at an all-time high. “This is a war between Iran and Israel on Lebanese territory,” said Samy Gemayel, a Parliament member with the Kataeb Party, a longtime rival of Hezbollah. “This couldn’t have happened without betrayal,” said …
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. The International Monetary Fund predicts that the Middle East’s oil exporting states will make an additional $1.3 trillion in oil revenue in the next four years, it told the Financial Times last week. In a …
