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Wael Taleb

Wael Taleb is a Lebanese journalist based in Beirut. He writes about human rights, politics and other issues in the Middle East for various newspapers. On Twitter: @waeltaleb23

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Lebanese economic crisis imperils migrant domestic workers

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Lebanese youths gather around the Revolution fist, symbol of Lebanons October 2019 uprising, after it was set on fire during clashes between anti-government protesters and supporters of former prime minister Saad Hariri, in the capital Beirut's central Martyr's square, on October 21, 2020. - Hariri resigned as premier in October 2019 in the wake of unprecedented street protests, but he is now expected to make a comeback at the helm of the next government.
Most parliamentary blocs have pledged support for Ha

Lebanon’s PM struggles to form Cabinet amid economic crisis

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Lebanese public health crisis includes trauma, mental health after explosion

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Volunteers clean the rubble and broken glass from the streets in DT Beirut on August 6, 2020 in the aftermath of a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

Beirut rallies to clear wreckage in wake of blast

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A Lebanese protester lifts a placard which reads "850 staff were laid-off while staff of the (defunct) railroads sector still get paid" during a demonstration of former employees of the American University Medical Center outside the hospital in the capital Beirut, on July 20, 2020, after they were dismissed from their jobs last week as part of a series of sweeping layoffs planned for the American University of Beirut and its medical center to cope with a severe recession resulting from the country's economi

China emerges as potential investor as Lebanon runs low on options

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A view shows closed shops inside a commercial center in Beirut, Lebanon February 19, 2020. Picture taken February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RC2AIF93OLY5

Hezbollah agrees to IMF help, under conditions

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Secret relationships in times of the coronavirus

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