[6] The site offers reports, news, features, and analysis on Lebanon, the Lebanese diaspora and the Middle East.

The website offers minute-by-minute news updates as well as a special section and live blog on the civil war in Syria.

The mass mobilization was triggered by widespread unrest following accusations of Syrian involvement in the 14 February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.

[6] The change came in late 2012 as the site's publisher decided to widen the scope of coverage to include the wider Middle East region.

[citation needed] On 15 June 2021, NOW Lebanon was officially put back online, but the old archives were lost due to the destruction of the main servers after the 2020 explosion.