Hezbollah Extends its telecommunications Network to Beirut Center
The Hezbollah militia is extending its fiber optic telecommunications network to Beirut’s downtown area under…
Monthly Archives: April, 2012
Exclusive: IRGC-Hezbollah Captagon Ring Compromised by War Over Profits
The scandal of captagon pills fabricated in Hezbollah religious seminaries (or hawzas) in the city…
Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy Toward the Evolving Situation in Syria, Part II
Chairman Chabot and Ranking Member Ackerman: Thank you for this opportunity to testify before the…
Libya’s Elections Need U.S. Support
Despite trepidation over Libya’s upcoming elections, they offer the best way to solve the country’s…
Why Do They Hate Us? The real war on women is in the Middle East.
In “Distant View of a Minaret,” the late and much-neglected Egyptian writer Alifa Rifaat begins…
The Ayatollah Under the Bed(sheets)
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, all politics may not be sexual, but all sex…
Are Syrian Alawites and Turkish Alevis the Same?
Could Turkey really go to war against Syria? If it were to do so, Ankara…
Assad must be Forced to Allow Peaceful Assembly
Videos and reports from Syria over the past week show that Bashar al-Assad’s forces continue…
Taking Exception: Abu Zubaida’s Clear Ties to al-Qaida
In her March 29 op-ed, “Why not try Abu Zubaida?,” lawyer Amanda L. Jacobsen argued…
Syria’s border blackmail may backfire
Pity Ali Shaaban for the hypocrisy that surrounded the reactions to his death. From Hezbollah…
The Man who would be King
Saudi Arabia’s ruling clique is dying off, and it may be up to the new…
Patriot Games
The Israeli legal system desperately needs an important new law, and this electoral law must…
Two bullets and a ballot
It has been a busy few weeks for the Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. On…
Christianity’s Via Dolorosa
BRUSSELS – Recently, the human-rights activist, former Dutch politician, and Somali exile Ayaan Hirsi Ali…
Annan’s plan should be regime change
What a shock it must have been for Kofi Annan to realize that the Syrian…
The Free Syrian Army vs. the Syrian National Council — Which Should We Support?
New Republic, March 31, 2012 A year into the Syrian uprising against Bashar Al-Assad, the…
Lebanon’s Security Concerns over Syria
Given Lebanon’s deep political divisions and traditional subservience to Damascus, the West should not expect…