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Divisions within each camp add another layer of volatility amid rising tensions

Talal Salman, veteran journalist and founder of the iconic As-Safir newspaper, died on 25 August 2023 aged 85 after a long career in which he championed the rights of the oppressed and made his paper a "voice for the voiceless".

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Hizbullah Supporters, Opponents Exchange Blows Over Assassination Of Shi'ite Lebanese Activist Lokman Slim March 9, 2021 On February 4, 2021, Lebanese journalist and activist Lokman Slim, a vocal critic of Hizbullah, was found shot dead in his car in an area of South Lebanon known as a  Hizbullah stronghold. Some in Lebanon accused Hizbullah of assassinating him in order to silence him and also as a warning to other Hizbullah opponents, especially the Shi'ites among them. For example, Mustafa 'Aloush, deputy chair of the Al-Mustaqbal faction, claimed that   the assassination was "a messa...

About 18 kilometers north of Beirut, the site of a deadly explosion that killed more than 190 people and injured over 6000 last summer, lies an aging thermal power facility that has served beyond its design lifespan. Although it should have been decommissioned by now, the heavy fuel oil (HFO)-powered Zouk power plant and its infamous white and red striped smokestacks remain standing, despite its low efficiency and high operating costs. For more than a decade, Lebanese officials have had various opportunities to steer away from environmentally harmful energy sources and switch to natural gas....