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Mona Makki defends the idea of a Lebanese South long shaped by tolerance, holidays, education and living together, before Hezbollah's ideological grip. It recalls the cultural identity of the Shiites of the South and denounces the progressive erasure of their libanity under organized and lasting Iranian influence today.

The invisible pact Many Lebanese think that the problem comes from a man, a party or a government. Yet decades pass, faces change and crises follow, but the result often remains the same. As if real power was not held by those occupying the institutions but by a mechanism [...]

Berlin's support for Israel is in Germany's failure to obtain a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

On 4 June 1982, the political shift was marked by the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. After the attempted assassination of Shlomo Argov in London, Israel struck the PLO, while the attack was attributed to the Abu Nidal network, an enemy of Yasser Arafat. Forty-four years later, this sequence sheds light on the birth of Hezbollah, the limits of so-called limited operations and the current risks of strategic repetition in southern Lebanon.

Trump wants to separate Lebanon from negotiations with Iran, but this dissociation confirms the interdependence of the two issues.

One of the most consistent laws in history is that no power vacuum remains vacant for a long time. When a State voluntarily or unintentionally renounces its full exercise of its prerogatives, other actors always occupy the space left free. The cost of non-choice The Lebanese tragedy is that the country has gradually become accustomed to living in [...]

Saint Paul, through his visit to Tyre and Sidon, contributed to the expansion of Christianity in a region crucial for the spread of the Gospel. His role as apostle of the nations, preaching to Jews and Gentiles, laid the foundation for a faith that transcends ethnic and cultural boundaries. Today, his legacy is visible not only through the Christian communities in Lebanon, but also in the universal mission of Christianity he has defended so much.

Beaufort, Tyre and the names of places become the targets of cultural erasure, when bombardments, renunciations and military accounts turn the heritage into an identity battlefield in Lebanon, Palestine and elsewhere, today before our eyes.

Tyre (Sour), a millennium jewel of southern Lebanon, was one of the major Phoenician cities in the Mediterranean. Ports, imperial purple, colonies like Carthage, legendary seats and Roman splendors make up his account. Ranked UNESCO since 1984, the city today faces urbanization and threats to its remains.

Dear executioners of the war imposed on the Lebanese, You are free to choose your destiny. Free to believe in martyrdom. Free to consider that death for a cause exceeds life itself. This is your conscience, your faith, your worldview. But there is an absolute limit that no man, [...]

The disarmament of Hezbollah is no longer an immediate decision, but a progressive process. American pressure, Israeli demands and reconstruction needs can gradually reduce the party's military and social autonomy. Naim Kassem refuses this calendar and places any discussion after the halt of the strikes, the Israeli withdrawal and the return of the inhabitants of the South. The Lebanese State seeks a margin between sovereignty and the risk of internal explosion.

Political, institutional and financial analysis of reform paralysis in Lebanon Since the financial collapse of 2019, an idea is constantly returning to the Lebanese debate: "Who blocks the reforms? For some, the person in charge is obvious. For others, it has a specific name, party or confession. Yet, more the years [...]

Lebanon is at the centre of a regional negotiation whose terms it lacks. Discussions between Washington and Tehran may lead to de-escalation, but guarantees remain unclear for the southern front. Israel wants to preserve its freedom of action, Hezbollah refuses any pressure on its weapons, and the Salam government is trying to restore state authority without causing a major internal crisis.

The meeting on 29 May in the Pentagon places the Lebanese army in a delicate position. Beirut presented the delegation as a technique for the ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal and operational needs in the South. But American sanctions, debates on the composition of officers and the issue of Hezbollah's weapons give this meeting a wider political scope, as the state seeks to strengthen its authority without causing a new internal divide.