BEIRUT: As Lebanon enters 2026, the national attitude is marked less by a sense of recovery and more by the difficult burden of handling many crises. While the previous year saw the first tentative signs of regeneration, politicians and analysts alike see 2026 as the watershed moment that will determine if these frail foundations can support a permanent state.
Former MP Fares Saeed believes that in the coming year, Lebanon must continue the intense soul-searching required to begin a true recovery phase. Lebanon and the area are in a transitional phase that complicates domestic solutions, and getting out of this predicament needs listening to the peace project presented to Lebanon by Pope Leo XIV. However, to fully recover, Lebanon must first reinvent its basic raison d’être.
Khaldoun Al-Sharif, another significant political figure, sees 2025 through the lens of regional turmoil, notably the power vacuum created by the demise of Bashar Assad in neighboring Syria and the continued Israeli pressure on Iranian proxies.
After years of stalemate, President Joseph Aoun’s leadership and the government of veteran diplomat Nawaf Salam drove the 2025 agenda forward. Their double appointments broke the impasse that had left Lebanon without a leader during the 2024 conflict.
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