Lebanon
How Western Intellectuals Construct Deadly Fantasies
Weakness Does Not Compel Loyalty in the Middle East, and Both Hezbollah and Iran Are Weak
Aoun Should Ensure Lebanon’s New Rep. to Washington Has Impeccable Ethics and a Track-Record of Opposing Hezbollah When It Isn’t Convenient to Do So
The Key to Aoun’s Success Will Be to Assemble His Team Quickly and Push Ahead Before Reactionary Forces Organize Their Resistance
Insider Testimony on Defections, Foreign Influence, the Fall of Aleppo, and the Regime’s Collapse
A native Syrian Shi‘i and former soldier reflects on his time in the Iranian-backed militia al-Ghalibun and the Syrian army, exposing corruption, disillusionment, and shifting sectarian dynamics in the wake of Assad’s downfall.
The London-Based ‘Times’ Newspaper Reported Last Week That a Lebanese Armed Forces Chief Sent a Classified Document to Hezbollah
There Is an Element of Cynicism to French Actions as the French Hope the Terror Group Will Bypass French Interests in Any Terror Action
The Election of Lebanese Armed Forces Chief Joseph Aoun to Be Lebanon’s President Puts an Opponent to Hezbollah at Lebanon’s Helm
From the Sykes-Picot Agreement to Abu Mohamed Al-Julani’s Lightning Revolution
With Military Credentials, Full Army Support, and International Backing, Aoun Should Succeed in Delivering Security
Clumsy U.S. Diplomacy Has Undermined Israel’s Battlefield Successes Against Hezbollah and Linked Lebanon’s Political Fate with Syria
The Rescue Last Year of Israeli Hostages Noa Argamani, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrei Kozlov Began Israel’s Ascendant Trajectory
After Years on the Defensive, Israel Is Now on the March Against Those Proxies
The Israeli-Lebanese Ceasefire Proposal, Driven by U.S. Diplomacy, Has Overcome Significant Hurdles and May Soon Be Approved
Any Quiet Will Be Illusionary as Biden Essentially Kicks the Can Down the Road to an Even Bloodier Conflict
It Can Be Said with near Certainty That the LAF and UNIFIL Will Not Succeed in Preventing Hezbollah’s Re-Establishment Along the Border.
Israel Is Close to Crippling Hezbollah Power in Lebanon, but the Terrorist Group Has Influence Across the World
U.S. and Israeli Officials Laud Progress Toward Ending Fighting Between Hezbollah and IDF, but the Iran-Backed Group Is Unlikely to Accept Netanyahu’s Core Demands
The United Nations Force Is Supposed to Prevent Hezbollah Military Buildup in Southern Lebanon and Disarm the Terrorists