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Louay Faour

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Louay has been a writer at The New Arab since May 2021. He was previously a journalist at The Daily Star Lebanon in Beirut. 

 

Areas of focus: Lebanese affairs
 
Follow him on twitter: @LouayFaour 

There were initial reports that Bkassine pine forest in south Lebanon caught on fire, but a photojournalist in the area denied this

12 November, 2025

Lebanese MP Paula Yacoubian has resubmitted a bill to replace the term 'Israelite' with Jews, arguing that this better represents the community.

26 October, 2025

Lebanese have long complained of expensive prices at MEA and overcrowding at Beirut airport during peak season - but this could change in the coming years.

13 June, 2025

Israel targeted a suburb south of Beirut on Friday and carried out airstrikes across south Lebanon after two rockets hit the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona

28 March, 2025

After a series of political and military losses, the funeral held on Sunday for Hezbollah's slain leaders dramatically showed the group's wide popular support

23 February, 2025

Israeli warplanes flew low over the Lebanese capital as crowds flooded a Beirut stadium to attend the funeral procession of the two slain Hezbollah leaders

23 February, 2025

Lebanon has been without a president for over two years due to infighting among the country's political class, but Joseph Aoun is likely to fill the vacuum.

09 January, 2025

Bombs are no longer dropping on Beirut's southern suburbs and many residents have managed to go home, but tough challenges for the area lie ahead.

26 December, 2024

Reports surfaced in recent days that some officials from the ousted regime may have found refuge in neighbouring Lebanon, which in turn has denied this.

12 December, 2024

In what has been the deadliest day for the city, Israel carried out air raids across Beirut on Tuesday, targeting busy commercial and residential areas

26 November, 2024