Syrian refugees are still trying to run away from their war-torn country and seek refuge in Lebanon but ever since the borders were closed, they're being smuggled in through dangerous mountainous roads. More than ten refugees, including children, were found frozen to death last week by the Lebanese Civil Defense. A 30 year old woman was identified as well as a three-year old child among others. The group had been abandoned by smugglers apparently, lost…

Lebanon has scored for years now the lowest rates in terms of women political empowerment and I'm not expecting a major change in the upcoming elections simply because there's no willingness from most political parties to promote the role of women in Lebanese politics but any improvement on the current number will be more than welcome. The last three governments only had two female ministers and the current Lebanese parliament has four women out of…