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Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018. Many Lebanese nationals are refraining from heading to the beach this summer after reports about high levels of pollution along the country's Mediterranean coast, despite reassurances from government officials that the beaches remain safe.
News in Brief

Viewfinder: Plastic Bottles Pile Up on the Coast in Lebanon

Seagulls search for food near a sewage discharge area next to piles of plastic bottles washed away by the water on the seaside of Ouzai, south of Beirut, on July 19th, 2018.

By Pacific Standard Staff
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri gives a thumbs-up to journalists after voting at a polling station in Beirut on May 6th, 2018.
Lands of Metamorphosis

'There Is No Such Thing as Democracy': After the Election, It's Government as Usual in Lebanon

Voters mostly stayed home for the country's first elections in nearly a decade, and in the end, the same families remained in power.

By Kenneth R. Rosen
Electoral posters are plastered and strung around Beirut, Lebanon, ahead of parliamentary elections on May 6th.
Lands of Metamorphosis

Could Fresh Faces Prevail in Lebanon's Elections?

Ahead of elections next week in Lebanon, it's looking like corruption as usual.

By Kenneth R. Rosen
Lebanese Kurds take part in a protest near the European Commission offices in Beirut on January 28th, 2018, against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin. Turkey launched an offensive against the Kurdish People's Protection Units on January 20th in their enclave of Afrin, supporting Syrian rebels with airstrikes and ground troops.
Social Justice

Viewfinder: Lebanese Kurds Protest the Turkish Military

Lebanese Kurds take part in a protest near the European Commission offices in Beirut on January 28th, 2018, against the ongoing Turkish military campaign in the Kurdish-held Syrian enclave of Afrin.

By Pacific Standard Staff