‘Holy Defence’: Hezbollah issues call of duty to video gamers

Pictures by Philippe Pernot | Text by Sunniva Rose | Published date: 1 March 2018 10:28 UTC |  The Lebanese Shia movement presents new video game, which re-enacts key battles in Syria and Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon – Heroic music, gunshots, and street fighting: Holy Defence has all the ingredients of a traditional first-person shooter video game, except this time, […]

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Photo-essay: PM Hariri’s comeback to Lebanon (November 2017)

On November 22d, 2017, Lebanon’s Independence Day, Saad Hariri, Lebanese Prime minister, returned to Beirut after two weeks of confinement in Saudi Arabia, where it was feared that he would be evicted by the crown prince Mohammed bin Salmane. Supporters of his “Future” party came from all Lebanon to celebrate and cheer as he gave […]

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