Less than six months after stepping down as Lebanon’s prime minister, Najib Mikati is facing an international investigation over allegations of financial corruption and illicit enrichment.

Najib Mikati concluded his tenure as Lebanon's caretaker prime minister with a blatant human rights violation by approving the extradition of Egyptian poet Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi to the UAE.

Lebanese Christian Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil's recent decision to end a two-decade alliance with Hezbollah at this critical moment has been described by observers as a “reversal.”

In a time when Lebanon and Cyprus, an EU member state, share "strong relations," the small Mediterranean island received a direct threat from Hezbollah amid the escalation with “Israel” since October 8, 2023.