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Black Lips Tour the Middle East

Black Lips just finished a trailblazing tour of the Middle East that included shows in Lebanon, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, and Cyprus. Noisey sent a camera crew to document the band's international journey of rock diplomacy. Here's what they came back with. Full story

People in Lebanon Are Killing Each Other Over Syria

He said he saw the situation getting worse: “We have many injuries, many deaths and many bleeding wounds; 15 dead this month and 100 injuries. The fighters are young and don’t know why they're fighting. They see it as self-protection. They each see it as their neighbors shooting… Full story

People Are Dying and Governments Are Falling in Lebanon

Friday’s assassination of General Wissam al-Hassan has rocked Lebanon to its core. Every night since the car bomb exploded in the Achrafieh district of East Beirut, people have been fighting in the streets. I was shot at driving through Tariq al-Jadida on Friday night, and in a s… Full story

A Car Bomb Just Went Off in Beirut

Politics and bombs are fraternising again in the Middle East. Full story

No Smoking in Lebanon

You can smoke pretty much wherever you want in the Middle East. The guy making your sandwich smokes. Gas station attendants smoke. The 85-year old lady who mends your clothes smokes. Six-year olds smoke. So when the Lebanese government passed a ban on smoking indoors in public s… Full story

Salafists in Sidon: Not as Bad as You Think

In Sidon, a coastal Lebanese city south of Beirut, a crowd of several hundred people gathered on Thursday night to protest "Innocence of Muslims"--the film created by right-wing zealots and a soft-core porn director that has sparked violent protests from Tunis to Sanaa. Full story

World Peace Update

We're not quite there yet, folks. Full story

Sectarian Violence Makes Getting in to Lebanese Soccer Games a Real Bitch

Your best bet is to arrive at the match in expensive clothes and without a beard. Full story

Hezbollah's Wax Museum Theme Park

How are you gonna get back to fostering hate at the rate you've become accustomed to? Full story