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Under its fearless editor, Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar maintains its opposition to Syria, Hezbollah and Iranian influence

In 2005 the editor of An-Nahar, Gebran Tueni, was assassinated. Nearly 20 years on, with the leadership of his daughter Nayla Tueni, it continues to speak out – in increasingly imaginative ways

The atmosphere in Beirut was tense after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. The public blamed Syria. Demonstrators took to the streets, calling for Syrian forces to get out of Lebanon and for an international investigation into the killing.

On June 2, journalist Samir Kassir, who worked at the An-Nahar newspaper and had been critical of Syria's involvement in Lebanon, was murdered. Gebran Tueni, the editor of that newspaper, understood that he too was in the crosshairs..