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Middle East Institute - Fadi Nicholas Nassar - LAF - Trilateral Framework Agreement - Lebanese sovereignty

Lebanon’s strategy to win: A crossroads of opportunity

An exclusive interview with Middle East Institute Senior Fellow Fadi Nicholas Nassar examines why many in Washington believe Lebanon has a historic opportunity to restore sovereignty, disarm Hezbollah, and reshape the regional balance of power through renewed U.S. engagement.

By Amal Chmouny

Patriarch Elias Hoyek - Blessed Elias Hoyek - Greater Lebanon - Pope Leo XIV - Maronite Church

The Shepherd behind the Statesman

Known as the architect of Greater Lebanon, Patriarch Elias Hoyek is remembered for shaping a nation. But his beatification tells a deeper story, one of faith, charity, and pastoral leadership.

By Michella Rizk
Tripoli soap - Saboun Baladi - Lebanese soap - Khan el Saboun - Sharkass Soap

The scent of history, Tripoli's soap-making tradition

Tripoli’s centuries-old soap-making tradition continues to endure through family-run workshops that preserve Lebanon’s artisanal heritage while adapting to modern economic challenges.

By Jenna Geagea - Lynn El Khalil
David Schenker on Trump’s Syria delisting move

Former U.S. official David Schenker explains in an exclusive interview to The Beiruter how Trump’s Syria delisting decision could reshape regional politics, security, and economic recovery.

By Amal Chmouny
Morocco phosphate - U.S.-China rivalry - Critical minerals - OCP Group - Trump tariffs

Trump's Morocco pivot exposes US-China phosphate rivalry

Morocco controls 70% of the world’s phosphate, an irreplaceable mineral which the future of agriculture and green energy depends on, as American and Chinese reserves are slowly depleted. China has spent the past decade deepening investments and moving manufacturing to the country — is the United States now realizing the need to follow suit?

By Soraya Johnson
Ma Haide - George Hatem - Lebanese Chinese doctor - Zhou Youma - Chinese Communist Party - Mao Zedong

Ma Haide: The untold story of George Hatem

Through exclusive interviews with his family, unpublished letters, rare photographs and original reporting, The Beiruter uncovers the untold story behind one of China's greatest national heroes.

By Michella Rizk
Politics and sport - Sports and politics - Sports diplomacy - Soft power - Olympic Games

More than just a game: The politics of sport

Sport has never been just a game, but rather a powerful force shaping, and being shaped by, international and domestic politics.

By Anthony Chamoun
Beirut Port explosion - Beirut blast - Tarek Bitar - Ahmad Rami El Hajj - William Noun

Beirut Port Explosion: The Countdown to indictments

Nearly six years after the Beirut Port explosion, Lebanon's investigation is nearing indictment, bringing dozens of senior officials closer than ever to trial in a landmark case seeking accountability for one of the world's deadliest non-nuclear explosions.

By Joanne Naoum
South Lebanon - Education - Marjayoun - Humanitarian crisis - Education in conflict

The schools that keep South Lebanon rooted

Months of conflict have transformed education across southern Lebanon, where teachers, students and families are fighting not only to preserve learning, but to keep their communities intact.

By Katharine Sorensen
Public institutions - Ministry of Health - Islamic Health Authority - Jihad al-Binaa - Qard al-Hassan

Hezbollah’s hidden state

Registered charities, state health contracts, municipal partnerships and emergency aid programs have allowed Hezbollah-affiliated networks to access Lebanese public money even as the party’s core entities remain under U.S. and European sanctions.

By Josiane Hajj Moussa
Lebanese-Syrian relations - Reconciliation - Interstate reconciliation - Sovereignty - Territorial integrity

Can Lebanon and Syria truly reconcile?

Can Lebanon and Syria overcome decades of conflict through the convergence of both interstate and intrastate reconciliation?

By Anthony Chamoun
Lebanon climate change - Climate anxiety - UNICEF Lebanon - Water scarcity Lebanon - Kevin Bonel UNICEF

Lebanon’s children growing up with climate anxiety

Climate change in Lebanon is reshaping childhood through water scarcity, heat, food insecurity, and collapsing systems, creating a generation growing up under layered environmental and social stress.

By Michella Rizk
Lebanon US comparison - Civic identity - National unity - Sectarianism Lebanon - American polarization

Two flags, two futures: What America and Lebanon can learn from each other

Lebanon and the United States, exploring how civic identity, shared values, and responsibility shape national cohesion and how their erosion leads to division.

By Philip Honein

The Beiruter

Specials

Lebanon’s strategy to win: A crossroads of opportunity

The Shepherd behind the Statesman

The scent of history, Tripoli's soap-making tradition

David Schenker on Trump’s Syria delisting move

Trump's Morocco pivot exposes US-China phosphate rivalry

Ma Haide: The untold story of George Hatem

More than just a game: The politics of sport

Beirut Port Explosion: The Countdown to indictments

The schools that keep South Lebanon rooted

Hezbollah’s hidden state

Can Lebanon and Syria truly reconcile?

Lebanon’s children growing up with climate anxiety

Two flags, two futures: What America and Lebanon can learn from each other