Nawaf Salam's First Interview as Prime Minist...

I’ve been in the United States for almost six years now. I’ve spent most of it in New York City and Washington, DC. Living here after growing up witnessing the slow-motion collapse of Lebanon, gave me a very specific kind of peripheral vision. I see the gears of the system grindi ...  Show more

Hezbollah has shown us exactly who it is, over and over again. While Lebanese homes lie in ruins and lives are lost, the militia rushes to defend Iran’s regime, kill Iranian protesters, and drag Lebanon into wars it never chose. This is not resistance. It is foreign domination, a ...  Show more

Buy a copy of Too Long or subscribe for 25% off: https://toolong.news/dailyLearn more about Too Long: https://youtu.be/TtDWFm6OOR0Welcome to the TLDR News Daily BriefingIn today’s episode, we run through Lebanon finally appointing a new President. Also, we discuss Musk discussing ...  Show more

A long interview with General Qasem Soleimani on the 2006 Lebanon war. Transcript available here  

"We have a very real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end" was the assessment of US envoy Amos Hochstein, who is bringing a ceasefire proposal to Lebanon and Israel. Both the Lebanese government and Hezbollah are said to have responded positively. In the meantime, Israel ...  Show more

In Lebanon's first election since the Oct. 17 uprising, voters sent a sizable contingent of change candidates to Parliament, while clipping the wings of both Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement. Nizar and Ben take a look at the vote, its translation to seats in Parliament, the n ...  Show more