Read More 1 minute read Watch your stepbyHabib BattahSep 12, 2013 Small piece of advice if you are visiting Beirut’s latest, greatest mega-mall “Beirut City Center” If you use…
Read More 1 minute read “No more beds” at Lebanese public hospitalsbyHabib BattahSep 10, 2013 Photo: Daily Star “The bed capacity of all government hospitals in Lebanon is exhausted,” UNHCR Communications Officer Roberta…
Read More 1 minute read Calm before the storm?byHabib BattahSep 8, 2013 In the hours leading up to a Congressional vote that may send missiles over our heads, many in…
MMedia Read More 1 minute read If these walls could talkbyHabib BattahSep 5, 2013 Oops, looks like they already do. This is a screenshot from a recent OTV interview with former security…
Read More 1 minute read Security is back… we hopebyHabib BattahSep 2, 2013 Something very strange has been happening in Lebanon: terrorism suspects are actually getting caught and arrested. The first…
Read More 1 minute read What air strikes?byHabib BattahSep 1, 2013 After being home for several days following the last car bombing and looming US Tomahawk strikes, I thought…
MMedia Read More 2 minute read Happy General Security daybyHabib BattahAug 31, 2013 A video montage featuring the head of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim was airing on LBC sister…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read The Republic of AmalbyHabib BattahAug 30, 2013 In light of yesterday’s Lebanese Forces post, I thought I would introduce you to Amal land: Home of…
RRule of Law Read More 1 minute read Lebanese Forces seize traffic lightsbyHabib BattahAug 29, 2013 For those unfamiliar, the Forces were once a militia: And hanging militia logos on public property is a…
Read More 1 minute read Ain el RemmanehbyHabib BattahAug 28, 2013 A few blocks away from where the civil war started in 1975. If only Jesus, bikinis and Iran…