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Investigations

A Year since the Beirut Port Crime: Who Cares?

Diana Moukalled
It has been a year since the Beirut port explosion ripped through the city. While there are still more questions than answers, justice and accountability remain a distant dream.
Investigations

Out of Breath: Power Cuts in Lebanon Threaten Lives

Lynn Kseibi – Syrian Journalist
Unable to breathe, Ahmad woke up in the middle of the night suffocating and was in urgent need of hospitalization. Um Ibraheem rushed him to the hospital for ventilation but the economic crisis has severely stripped hospitals of the equipment necessary to treat his case.
Gender

Lebanon: The Economic Crisis and Period Poverty

Myriam Sweidan
No one seems to care about this aspect of women’s lives, although we know that women’s physical health has become vulnerable as a result of their having to resort to other methods to replace sanitary pads, such as using cloth or nylon bags!
Investigations

No Hope Yet For Lebanon’s Most Polluted River

Hala Nasreddine
In 2014, the European Investment Bank approved a multimillion loan for a wastewater treatment and sewerage project on the polluted Al Ghadir River. Seven years later not a single stone has been laid, while people continue to live alongside the open sewer. What happened?
Opinion

Lebanon: An Hour in Line for Fuel

Pascale Sawma
A trauma that involves waiting in line for hours to fill up your car, normalizing living a life without electricity, and accepting the fact that all our savings have been stolen …
Investigations

Hezbollah’s “Bank:” US Sanctions, Gold, and Black Market Rate

Hala Nasreddine
Al-Qard al-Hassan. According to Hezbollah, it’s a charity. According to the US Treasury, it’s a bank supporting terrorism.
Investigations

The Mahdi Scouts: A Chronicle of Child Recruitment into Iranian Militias

Daraj
This investigation reveals children were trained in weapon use in Iranian camps in Syria and Lebanon under the banner of the Imam al-Mahdi Scouts, which serves as a bridge to militias affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Opinion

The Federal Republic of Sects

Fadi Twainy
In order to understand the motivation behind recent “Lebanese Federalism”, let’s hear the arguments made by some of its advocates…
News

Lebanon: Swiss Judiciary Suspects Embezzlement at Lebanese Central Bank

Daraj
The Riad Salameh saga continues: Swiss documents request Lebanon’s cooperation to investigate alleged embezzlement and money laundering worth hundreds of millions.
Investigations

Lebanon: Tribal Revenge on the Rise as State Retreats

Nour Sleiman
With the country in chaos, clan killings are hardy a priority for the security forces

The English Section of Daraj News is co-supported by Anne Avis

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