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Layal Abou Rahal

This photograph taken during a media tour organized by Hezbollah shows a man installing a flag of Hezbollah on the balcony of a damaged building at Nabi Chit town after an Israeli military operation in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, on March 7, 2026. (Photo by FADEL itani / AFP)
March 14, 2026, 1:51 pm
Hezbollah goes ‘all in’ on an ‘existential’ war against Israel. It could be its last
Either Hezbollah ‘is finished or it establishes a new equation involving Israel’s complete withdrawal from Lebanon,’ source in group says; group surprised Beirut when entering war
By Layal Abou Rahal
Red Crescent rescuers lay down bodies of victims of the recent clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes, inside a hospital in Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 17, 2025. (Shadi al-Dubaisi/AFP)
July 17, 2025, 7:16 pm
Syrian Druze grapple with death and destruction in Sweida after fighting ends
About 500 people killed in clashes, according to UK war monitor; AFP photographer counts 15 bodies strewn in city center amid looted shops and burned cars and houses
By Shadi al-Dubaisi and Layal Abou Rahal
In this August 5, 2020 photo, a drone picture shows the destruction after an explosion at the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla/File)
January 17, 2025, 6:47 pm
10 charged over Beirut port blast as probe resumes after Hezbollah accusations of bias
Investigation into 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes of Lebanon’s capital, restarts after 2-year hiatus
By Layal Abou Rahal and Aya Iskandarani
Abu Mohamed al-Golani, head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by al-Qaeda's former Syria branch, poses for a selfie during a press conference in the area of Bab al-Hawa crossing northern Syria late on March 12, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 8:36 am
Syria’s rebel leader Golani: From radical jihadist to ostensible pragmatist
Since breaking ties with al-Qaeda in 2016, the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has sought to portray himself as a more moderate leader; whether that is true remains up for debate
By Sammy Ketz and Layal Abou Rahal
Smoke billows from a house hit in Israeli airstrikes as flares fall on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila near the border with Israel on January 19, 2024. (Hasan Fneich/AFP)
January 19, 2024, 8:29 pm
In Lebanon, residents say strange calls can precede Israeli attacks
Civilians in Hezbollah-dominated regions report numerous instances of phone calls and CCTV hacks ahead of IDF strikes; Iran-backed terror group suspects subterfuge
By Layal Abou Rahal
US President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, March 24, 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
March 25, 2023, 6:49 am
US carries out airstrikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria after attack on base
Biden says Washington does not seek conflict with Iran but will ‘forcefully’ protect personnel in Syria
By Layal Abou Rahal
Lebanon's outgoing President Michel Aoun delivers a speech to mark the end of his mandate, outside the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on October 30, 2022. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP)
October 30, 2022, 5:20 pm
Lebanese President Aoun set to exit without successor, leaving country in turmoil
In final act, Hezbollah-aligned leader formalizes resignation of caretaker government, complicating chaos; thousands gather to bid farewell to former army chief as he leaves palace
By Layal Abou Rahal and Aya Iskandarani
Samir Geagea, leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces party, speaks to an AFP journalist during an interview at his residence in Maarab, north of the capital Beirut, on May 20, 2022. (Joesph Eid/AFP)
May 21, 2022, 4:41 pm
Lebanese Christian leader calls for Hezbollah’s grip on country to end
After bloc led by terror group denied parliamentary majority, Samir Geagea says ‘no one… should be able to transport missiles from one place to another’ without army’s OK
By Layal Abou Rahal
Supporters of the Lebanese Forces party celebrate in the Lebanon's northern coastal city of Batroun as they await results after the end of voting in the parliamentary elections on May 15, 2022. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
May 16, 2022, 7:01 pm
Lebanon elections weaken Hezbollah, strengthen reformists, provisional results show
Iran-backed terror group seems to retain its parliamentary seats, but some of its allies lose theirs; Saudi-backed LF party wins several new seats
By Layal Abou Rahal
A portrait of Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi is displayed on a billboard in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on October 31, 2021. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
November 1, 2021, 7:32 pm
With latest row, Saudi-Iran ‘proxy wars’ play out in embattled Lebanon
‘When two elephants fight, it’s the grass that suffers and Lebanon for the umpteenth time in its history is the grass that is suffering,’ says analyst
By Layal Abou Rahal
Customers browse the aisles for medicine at a pharmacy in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on February 2, 2021. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
February 8, 2021, 12:16 pm
With failing economy and raging pandemic, Lebanon faces medicine shortages
Pharmaceutical black market thriving as those in need stockpile products; COVID-19 treatments and medical equipment, often counterfeits, sold at a markup
By Layal Abou Rahal
Lebanese men watch Hassan Nasrallah, head of the country's Shiite terror group Hezbollah group, during a televised speech, at a coffee shop in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, on August 30, 2020, (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 8, 2020, 8:13 am
In crisis-hit Lebanon, Paris and Washington at odds over Hezbollah
Whereas the US sees the terror organization as hindering much-needed government reform, France has shown a willingness to work with the political arm of the Iran-backed group
By Layal Abou Rahal
Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab speaks to the media outside the Beirut international airport, April 5, 2020. (Anway Amro/AFP)
August 10, 2020, 9:35 pm
Hassan Diab, Lebanon’s fallen ‘technocrat’ premier
Appointed to address public anger over country’s ruling elite, Lebanese PM announces his resignation after that same rage was directed toward him following Beirut blast
By Layal Abou Rahal
Lebanese protesters destroy the interior of the headquarters of the Lebanese association of banks in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion that killed more than 150 people and disfigured the capital Beirut. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
August 9, 2020, 1:13 am
‘We’re at war with our government’: Protesters briefly storm Beirut ministries
Troops use rubber bullets, tear gas to force group led by ex-army officers out of several ministries and a bank HQ, as anger over port explosion surges
By Layal Abou Rahal and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Lebanese protesters are pictured inside the foreign ministry in Beirut on August 8, 2020. (Stringer/AFP)
August 8, 2020, 10:14 pm
Protesters storm Lebanese foreign ministry after deadly blast
‘We are taking over the foreign ministry as a seat of the revolution,’ retired army officer declares; demonstrators also take over economy ministry, HQ of banking association
By Layal Abou Rahal
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