Our Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib was bragging earlier today that he will abstain from voting in favor of establishing a UN commission to reveal the fate of the missing and forcibly disappeared in Syria by all parties to the conflict that committed violations and crimes against civilians. The resolution was adopted today by a vote of 83 in favour to 11 against, with 62 abstentions, and aims at helping many of the families of…

As much as the Bikini vs Burkini clash is being portrayed as a religious one following the Saida public beach incident, the real problem is the absence of the rule of law and the incompetence of the municipalities and ministries handling such matters. We all know Saida has unfortunately taken a more conservative path in the last 20 years or so, with few extreme religious groups popping left and right, but Saida has always been…