The Beiruter

As Lebanon’s population ages and care systems struggle to keep pace, The Beiruter investigates the growing pressure on elderly-care homes, the financial challenges threatening institutions, and the question of who will care for Lebanon’s elderly in the years ahead.

From Gandhi to global movements, non-violence has emerged as a powerful force capable of defeating injustice and reshaping societies as well as history itself.

On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, can the Middle East overcome persistent rivalries and mistrust to finally transform the long-standing ambition of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone into reality?

New maritime traffic data and maps reveal where global trade converges, who controls the passages it depends on, and the distances ships must travel when the shortest routes are no longer available.

Oil prices above $100 once threatened economic crisis, but decades of declining oil intensity, diversified energy supplies and strategic reserves have made the global economy more resilient to petroleum shocks.

Christians make up roughly one-third of Lebanon’s 2026 electorate, but 53 per cent of Lebanese on the preliminary overseas voting lists. In 1932, the contrast was even greater: Christians represented about half of the resident population counted by the census but 84.7 per cent of the emigrants it recorded. Almost a century later, Lebanon can still measure the sectarian balance of its voters more easily than that of the millions of Lebanese and Lebanese descendants living outside the country.

Lebanon’s water paradox is leaving households to pay multiple times for a basic necessity, as aging infrastructure, losses and weak management turn a water-rich country into a place where securing reliable supply has become a costly burden.

An exclusive interview with the head of Lebanon’s Order of Pharmacists reveals the numbers behind a deepening sector crisis, from closures and rising operating costs to shrinking revenues, oversupply and the growing risk to pharmacy access.

On the International Day of Democracy, Lee Kuan Yew’s warning reveals how Lebanon’s shrinking middle class and lack of consensus on fundamental state principles undermine the foundations of democratic resilience.

From ancient warrior rituals and battlefield stimulants to AI-era biotechnology, this article explores humanity’s centuries-long pursuit of creating soldiers who can overcome fear, fatigue and the limits of the human body.