Lebanon: The struggle to survive after escaping Syria

In Lebanon, the despair of refugees forced by conflict to flee their homes in neighbouring Syria is all-consuming. They have found shelter wherever they can – in makeshift camps beside rubbish dumps or bedding down in disused factories – but yearn for the lives they have been forced to abandon.

By Johanna Rogers | Notebook | Monday, 18 February 2013 at 4:02 pm

Review of Homeland ‘State of Independence’

It may have taken until the third episode of the series, but the big news from this week’s installment of Homeland is that the jazz is back.

By Charles Reynolds | Arts | Sunday, 21 October 2012 at 11:00 pm

The Invisible Cinema: Why Arabic Cinema is yet to get noticed in the West

Last month’s Safar film festival was undoubtedly an eye-opener for the people who attended. Focusing on some of the most popular films to come out of Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan in the past half a century, the festival showed that the region has plenty of talent both in front of and behind the camera, but is lacking the resources to get wider recognition in the West.

By Robert Zak | Arts, Film | Friday, 12 October 2012 at 5:17 pm

Assad’s aura in Lebanon is fading

The allegation that a former information minister was plotting a string of bomb attacks across the country at the behest of the Syrian regime has sent shockwaves across Lebanon – but not for the reasons one may think.

By Loveday Morris | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Wednesday, 15 August 2012 at 3:14 pm

The Spring has not yet sprung in Palestine

Skirmishes between Palestinian refugees from Syria and Lebanon and Israeli security forces ended with at least a dozen deaths and scores more injured on Sunday. Thousands of protesters boarded buses and descended on borders at the Golan Heights, Gaza strip and West Bank to reject Israel’s ongoing incursion on the anniversary of the Nakba. They [...]

By Oliver Duggan | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 17 May 2011 at 10:35 am

Visualizing Peace in the Middle East

With Tony Blair –  the Middle East envoy for the Quartet (UN, EU, USA and Russia) –  visiting Gaza and the Sderot today, it’s a good moment to explore the core issues on which any long-term Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement depends.

The image above shows the top-level issues that Independent readers and the Debategraph community have identified so far, namely:
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By David Price | Eagle Eye | Sunday, 1 March 2009 at 8:12 pm