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1 week ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
LEBANON - MAY 24: Citizens cast their votes as the fourth and final phase of Lebanon’s municipal elections kicked off in Lebanon's southern governorates, the cities of Sidon and Tyre, amid ongoing Israeli attacks and ceasefire violations, on May 24, 2025. This marks Lebanon’s first local elections in nearly a decade, with the last one held in 2016 before being postponed three times due to political and security crises.
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2 weeks ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
This handout picture released by the Syrian Presidency's Telegram page shows Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) shaking hands with Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam during their meeting in Damascus on April 14, 2025. Salam travelled on April 14 to Syria on his first official visit to meet Sharaa, seeking to readjust bilateral ties, a Lebanese official said.
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3 weeks ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
A Lebanese voter casts her vote in the first round of municipal elections, at a polling station in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburb on May 4, 2025.
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4 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Dana Hourany
Nabatieh, Lebanon - It is a bitterly cold February morning, and Sanaa Khreiss tugs her cardigan tighter as she begins unloading her van. The sharp bite of early spring has kept most people away from the Nabatieh souk, but not Sanaa and her husband, Youssef. Recommended Stories The market is quiet as the sun breaks through the grey clouds, except for a few vendors setting up.
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4 weeks ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
BEIRUT, LEBANON - JANUARY 19: People celebrate the ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas in the Burj el-Barajneh Refugee Camp in Beirut, Lebanon on January 19, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
Lebanese rescue teams deploy at the site of Israeli strikes following evacuation orders, in Beirut's southern suburb on April 27, 2025. (Photo by AFP) As Lebanon continues to face attacks from Israel, the uncertainty surrounding Iranian-American negotiations adds to the region's instability.
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1 month ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
In this handout video grab taken from a footage released by the Italian Foreign Ministry on April 19, 2025, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome before nuclear talks Iran - United States at the Omani embassy.
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1 month ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 7, 2025 shows
an aerial view of the bombed US embassy in Beirut on April 18, 1983 (L) and a general view of luxury residential buildings at the same spot on Beirut's Ain al-Mresisseh coastal strip on April 7, 2025. Lebanon marks on April 13, 2025 the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1975-1990 civil war which saw the eastern Mediterranean country plunge into a multifaceted confessional war, with regional and international interference.
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1 month ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
In a new series of events, AUB is uncovering Lebanon's hidden history, bringing to light forgotten stories of the civil war through public history and academic exploration Every April, the anniversary of Lebanon’s civil war passes quietly—no sirens, no public ceremonies, no national day of mourning. Despite a war that reshaped the country, left over 150,000 dead, and permanently altered its political and social landscape, it remains largely unspoken.
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2 months ago | 
nowlebanon.com | Dana Hourany
A heavily-damaged rooftop of a building is pictured at the site of an Israeli strike on a building in Beirut's southern suburbs on April 1, 2025. An Israeli strike on south Beirut killed at least three people on April 1, Lebanon said after Israel announced its second such strike in a fragile four-month ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The attack came without warning at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) during the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period.
