By BASSEM MROUE BEIRUT (AP) — A lot has happened in just a year on both sides of the Lebanon-Syria…
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The acts of slaughter in Syria and all the ensuing horrors instigated by the jihadi militias and the tribal rabble…
Israel is not only killing journalists in Gaza—it is targeting them wherever it can reach. From the deadly August…
The high-level Saudi delegation to a Damascus investment conference indicates Riyadh is betting on President Sharaa. In late July,…
New York Post I woke to voice notes from Mazen, his Suwayda Druze dialect thick with tears. “Jolani’s ISIS are…
While Türkiye resists ethnic fragmentation across its borders, a subtle shift in rhetoric and policy at home suggests a quiet…
Lebanon’s Central Bank (Banque Du Liban or BDL) issued a circular on July 15 that effectively banned Lebanese financial institutions from dealing…
(Sultan Pasha Al-Atrash in exile in Saudi Arabia) Exactly a century ago, what began as a dispute about local…
The ambassador’s missteps reflect a poor grasp of the region’s complex dynamics and jeopardize opportunities for peace President Trump’s…
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian attending a ceremony commemorating security forces killed in Israeli strikes, Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2025 Behrouz…
Published by the NYT on June 13, 2018 The financier Tom Barrack told the 2016 Republican National Convention…
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Hebron’s sheikhs propose to leave the Palestinian Authority and join the Abraham Accords. By Elliot Kaufman The idea of…
Israel’s approach to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has become more assertive, driven by security fears that…
Five years ago, on January 2, 2020, at the direction of President Donald Trump, forces under my command struck and…
By David Albright and Spencer Faragasso, with the Good ISIS Team June 24, 2025 Download PDF Israel’s historic Operation Rising…
On Friday, it was reported that next week’s planned UN conference in New York to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict had been postponed following Israel’s military…
In the midst of Lebanon’s continuing financial collapse, now entering its sixth year, a growing debate is taking shape within…
Welcome aboard MEA—where the tickets cost a fortune, the service feels like a throwback to the Cold War, and…
( A reminder by Salman Masalha of a Novembe 2012 Haaretz article). * Many people have been tempted…
Friday’s operation is equivalent of the Moked June 5, 1967 attack! We would have lost the element of surprise had…
In a land where ministries are inherited like heirloom rugs and justice retires early with a state pension, the…
Hezbollah, which has been nurtured over the years by Iran to assist it in the event of an Israeli attack,…
Six years into a financial free-fall worthy of a Greek tragedy, this country has turned collapse into kabuki theater—complete with…
The surprise attack by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which began on November 27, 2024, and resulted in the fall…
For more than decade, there have been signs that Australia is losing diplomatic access and influence in Indonesia. This is…
Many Syrians see President Ahmed al-Sharaa not as a revolutionary but as a restorer — someone capable of stitching together…
Lebanon and Syria have gone through major changes recently, but tensions remain between the two countries. At the end…
KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a…
“I’m very upbeat about the potential for an Abraham Accord with Syria and Lebanon,” the ambassador said. Israeli ambassador…
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The Lebanese front is witnessing a military escalation as Israeli airstrikes continue to hit areas in the south and east,…
Given their deep historical and present-day coordination, Beirut needs to change its mindset of treating these groups separately and formulate…
Although I am not religious, I extend my heartfelt condolences to all Catholic believers on the passing of Pope Francis…
Steve Bannon called Leo the “worst pick for MAGA Catholics.” By Megan Messerly, Rachael Bade and Eli Stokols When the late Pope Francis challenged…
But there are large divides between Catholics who attend Mass weekly, and those who don’t, in what they want from…
An AI picture of “Pope Donald Trump” is put on the official White House page on X and Instagram. *…
Each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, on a date yet to…
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This article may be politically self-serving to Netanyahu and could be used to attack him for playing politics with classified…
The agreement has withstood all challenges so far, thanks in large part to the mechanism that Israel and the…
On April 9, The Washington Institute held a two-part virtual Policy Forum, with Soner Cagaptay and Assaf Orion appearing on…
pril 13, 2025, is the 50th anniversary of the formal start of the Lebanese Civil War. That day, Palestinian gunmen…
Mojtaba Pourmohsen An Iranian cargo aircraft belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards transported weapons to Sudan’s armed forces last month amid…
This comes amid the growing cooperation between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s regime in Syria and the government of Turkish President Erdogan. …
The indictment of Istanbul’s mayor is causing major economic backlash – but amidst fears of internal opposition, Erdogan’s standing…
Türkiye is positioning itself as an indispensable actor within the shifting pragmatism of the new global order. Yet the…
Overview Karim A. Souaid possesses deep expertise in banking regulations, spanning U.S., and Lebanese frameworks. His academic foundation in…
Israel’s new doctrine in Lebanon: Provoke us, and the consequences will be severe • After months of strikes, Hezbollah is…
Hezbollah’s recent military defeat and the 2022 Israel-Lebanon maritime agreement mediated by Washington have enabled exploration in a distant…