Dr Abbas Al Hail Hassan holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Toulouse-1, France, in 2013. In 2007, a university diploma preparatory to obtain a doctorate on the Lebanese water crisis and the Israeli ambitions in it from the University of Perpignan in France and 2006, Master’s degree (M2) in Law, University of Perpignan, France. In 2005, MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from Beirut Arab University, and 2004, a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Political Science, Lebanese University, first branch. A journalist who worked for several news agencies and channels, most recently for France 24 in Paris.