Lebanon
UNHCR Is Among the U.N.’s Most Irreplaceable and Cost-Effective Programs
To Root Disarmament in Precedent Undercuts the Efficacy of Hezbollah’s Legal Resistance, Both Inside Lebanon and on the World Stage
Hezbollah Isn’t Done. Despite Leadership Losses, Its Financing Remains Resilient
The Lebanese Government Appears to Want to Commence a Negotiating Process with Hezbollah, Seeking to Convince It to Give up Its Arms Voluntarily
A Tour of Iraq and Lebanon by Iran’s National Security Chief Ended in Humiliation and Exposed the Regime’s Waning Influence
The Twelver Shia in Syria Find Themselves in a Precarious Position Since the Fall of the Assad Regime
For Victory Against Iran and Hezbollah, the U.S., Moderate Arab Bloc, and Israel Must Support the Lebanese Government’s Disarmament Schedule
A Concerted Policy Is Needed in Order to Ensure That Hezbollah Doesn’t Rise from the Ashes
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