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Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon

Adnan Nasser is an independent journalist focused on international and Middle Eastern affairs. On Twitter: @Adnansoutlook29

Activists gather to protest against a wave of interrogations by Lebanese security forces of people making political comments on social media, Beirut, July 24, 2018. The Arabic reads "Against oppression."

The case of Makram Rabah and Lebanon’s endangered freedom of expression

Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon

Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri greets his supporters after he prayed at the grave of his father, slain prime minister Rafic Hariri, during a commemoration for the 19th anniversary of his assassination, in Beirut, on February 14, 2024. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Saad Hariri return to politics in Lebanon is still unlikely

Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon

Supporters of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun cheer under a large national flag, as he prepares to leave the presidential palace in Babbda at the end of his mandate, east of the capital Beirut, on October 30, 2022. - Already reeling from three years of economic meltdown, Lebanon faces the prospect of its multi-faceted crisis deepening further when President Michel Aoun's mandate expires. (Photo by anwar amro / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s alliance with Christian FPM movement shows cracks

Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon

Gen. Joseph Aoun (R), Lebanese Army chief of staff, arrives at the Hamat airbase, north of Beirut, June 12, 2018.

What fate awaits Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun as another Beirut void looms?

Adnan Nasser

In Beirut, reporting on Lebanon