Lebanon
Three jobs, four continents and World Cups in two codes: Why Cheika is getting no sleep
Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is burning the candle at three ends with cross-code duties for Argentina, Lebanon and in Japan. And he’s loving it.
- by Iain Payten
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Hezbollah, allies lose their majority in Lebanon parliament
Hezbollah’s most vocal opponents and more than a dozen independents have made gains, the results show.
- by Bassem Mroue
‘Where has the money gone?’: Hariri brother steps up promising change
The country is stuck in a never-ending cycle of corruption and his brother, former PM Saad Hariri, has announced he is bowing out of politics.
- by Khalil Harb and Zeina Karam
Hezbollah drone flies 40-minute tour of northern Israel, returns to Lebanon
In Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah said the flight was a “reconnaissance mission”.
- by Mahmoud Mourad
Man raids bank to get his own money in cash-strapped Lebanon
The Lebanese man has been hailed a hero by some after taking staff hostage in country where people are being denied access to their savings.
- by Campbell MacDiarmid
‘These are very dangerous people’: Documentary maker Daizy Gedeon has had enough
The sunny, talkative, high-energy, food-loving maker of Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour is tucking into her mission.
- by Lia Timson
Two alleged Comanchero bikie associates charged with drug and gun offences
The gangs-focused Raptor Squad allegedly seized $1 million worth of drugs and a pistol after stopping and searching the two men.
- by Fergus Hunter
‘Hateful ideologies’: Australia lists The Base and Hezbollah as terror groups
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews described The Base as a “violent, racist and neo-Nazi organisation” which had been planning terror attacks in several countries.
- by Anthony Galloway
Driven to bankruptcy: The corrupting forces behind Lebanon’s economic meltdown
The Port of Beirut explosion in 2020 highlighted Lebanon’s collapse as a functioning state, dominated as it is by a handful of corrupt sectarian leaders.
- by Rania Abouzeid
Anger over Obeids keeping ill-gotten gains that helped build property empire worth millions
Some of the Obeids’ ill-gotten gains were used to expand the family’s vast property interests, now worth millions and spanning the globe.
- by Kate McClymont
In Beirut, deadly tensions flare amid anger over port blast probe
The Iran-backed Hezbollah accuses a Christian party of attacking its supporters, who were gathering to demand the removal of the judge investigating last year’s port blast.
- by Maha El Dahan, Tom Perry and Laila Bassam