Beirut, March 18, 2026 – In early March, as the Iran war spread across the Middle East and Israeli strikes rained down on Lebanon, many journalists covering the country’s growing displacement crisis found themselves living it.
For freelance video journalist Hadil Iskandar, who has worked for German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and pan-Arab outlet Daraj Media, it was the second time in under two year...
The article presents a stark portrait of the erosion of journalistic independence in Lebanon, revealing a deeply troubling pattern of vulnerability compounded by displacement. The narrative pivots around Iskandar's repeated cycles of evacuation, highlighting a critical failure within the established information ecosystem: when the physical infrastructure for reporting – a secure workspace, reliable connectivity, and the ability to access sources – is systematically dismantled by conflict, the ve...