Polls have opened in Lebanon, candidates are competing for 128 seats that are divided among 11 religious groups. In the crisis hit nation, power is divided according to a sectarian power sharing system. So, who are the main players in the elections? Watch this report!

Pivotal polls in Lebanon: Who are the key players in the Lebanese elections?

WION reports live from the capital as Lebanon will go to the polls today. Independent candidates are taking on the ruling elite. Watch this report.

Tracking Lebanon elections 2022: Lebanon holds parliamentary polls every 4 years

Lebanon goes to the polls today: Independent candidates take on the ruling elite

WION reporting live from the capital as Lebanon polls have opened today. Independent candidates are taking on the ruling elite. Watch this report to know who are the key players in Lebanese elections & decode Lebanon's complex political system.

Lebanon Elections 2022: Decoding Lebanon's complex political system

WION reports live from the capital as Lebanon will go to the polls today. Independent candidates are taking on the ruling elite. Watch this report to know who are the key players in Lebanese elections.

Lebanon Elections 2022: Lebanon battling its worst economic crisis in decades

Tracking Lebanon elections 2022: Who are the key players in Lebanese elections?

WION reports live from the capital as Lebanon will go to the polls on May 15. Watch this report where we decode Lebanon's complex political system.

Tracking the Lebanon elections 2022: WION reports live from the capital

Jamil al Sayyed was one of Lebanon's most powerful men. The former spymaster quit in 2005 after former prime minister Rafik Hariri's assassination. The veteran politician is now running for the elections again. Ghadi Francis spoke to Jamil al Sayyed in an exclusive interview. Here's what the politician had to say.

The West Asia Post: WION exclusive with Jamil al Sayyed

A global campaign has begun to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh. Protests are being held in Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, & Lebanon. Global bodies are making calls for an independent probe. Palki Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Global campaign to hold Israel accountable for journalist's death

Lebanon is heading to the polls on the May 15. The election is coming as the West Asian country reels under its worst ever economic crisis.

Lebanon to go to polls on May 15

The Lebanon elections are just less than 2 weeks away. As WION tracks an election that could determine the future of the crisis-hit nation, Ghadi Francis spoke to Dr. Sofia Saadeh who tells us what this means for the social structure of Lebanon.

The West Asia Post: Tracking Lebanon Elections 2022

The Lebanon elections are just less than a month away. As WION tracks an election that could determine the future of the crisis-hit nation, Ghadi Francis spoke to Jawad Adra who has been analysing the elections in the country for decades.

The West Asia Post| Tracking Lebanon elections 2022| WION Exclusive with Jawad Adra

At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon during a chase by naval forces, Lebanese officials said.

At least 6 dead, 48 rescued after migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon

A migrant boat carrying 60 sank off Lebanon. The army had closed off the port and allowing entry only to ambulances. Lebanese officials have rescued 50 migrants and the navy is looking for more survivors.

Migrant boat capsizes of Lebanon, Lebanese officials rescue 50 migrants

The Al-Aqsa has emerged as a flashpoint in the Israel-Palestine conflict after Israeli forces stormed the compound. On The West Asia Post, Ghadi Francis tells you how this latest escalation could lead to an all-out war.

The West Asia Post| Al-Aqsa emerges as a flashpoint| Tracking the Lebanon elections

A powerful explosion has ripped through a building in southern Lebanon killing at least one person and wounding several others. WION tells you more in this report.

Lebanon: One killed, several injured in a powerful explosion

Before Lebanon's devastating financial crisis struck, Faraj Faraj thought university could set him on a path out of a cramped family home in a poor area of Beirut and towards financial independence.

Lebanese youths abandon education as crisis struck

Protesters are demanding action from their local leaders regarding the Russian invasion into Ukraine, take a look at this report.

Lebanon shows solidarity, Germans chant 'Stop Russian oppression, stop war'

Around 337 ancient artifacts have been handed over to Iraq by Lebanon's Culture Ministry. These artifacts were on display in a private Lebanese museum for years, the National News Agency (NNA) said in a report.

Lebanon hands over 337 ancient artifacts to Iraq

Power-starved Lebanon signed an agreement to import electricity from Jordan via Syria to reduce chronic outages and heed international calls for reform. Ghadi Francis brings you this ground report from Beirut on The West Asia Post.

The West Asia Post: Lebanon to get electricity from Jordan

There's no end to Lebanon's economic crisis in sight. In a bid to support the country, the United States has planned additional military aid.

Lebanon's economic crisis: US plans additional military aid of $67 million

The Indian embassy in Beirut and UNIFIL peacekeepers in Lebanon took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at a cemetery to honour the sacrifices of all the Indian soldiers who died during the two World Wars. Ghadi Francis brings you this report from Beirut.

The West Asia Post: Indian embassy and UNIFIL pay tribute to India's World War soldiers

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said that he was suspending his role in political life. Announcing that he would not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections this comes as a shock for the West Asia nation that is dealing with its worst financial collapse in decades.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri suspends political career

Lebanon's financial collapse since 2019 is a story of how a vision for rebuilding a nation once known that Switzerland of middle east was derailed by mismanagement. Lebanon is grappling with a deep economic crisis after successive governments they piled up debt following 1975 to 1990's civil war with little to show for their spending binge.

Lebanon's middle class squeezed by economic crisis

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