Lebanon and Syria have gone through major changes recently, but tensions remain between the two countries. At the end…
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KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a…
Five years ago, on January 2, 2020, at the direction of President Donald Trump, forces under my command struck and…
“I’m very upbeat about the potential for an Abraham Accord with Syria and Lebanon,” the ambassador said. Israeli ambassador…
Located in the heart of Paris’s 6th arrondissement, Dbayeh Real Estate embodies excellence in luxury real estate. With sharp expertise…
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…
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…
Listen Each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, on a date yet to…
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…
As Türkiye stands on the brink of a political reckoning, the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu—just days…
(General Muhammad Al-Jasem (Abu Amsha), to the right of interim Syrian President Al-Shara’a) * The ruler was grateful for…
The world is undergoing a major redistribution of power, reminiscent of the 1945 Yalta Conference. At that time, Europe was…
This is the first time a senior US official is willing to discuss the behind-the-scenes events on the day Hezbollah’s…
As Trump’s second term reshapes global security, can Europe and NATO stand on their own? NATO has been…
Despite well-founded worries about the rise of an Islamist government in Syria, the new rulers cannot be any worse than…
French Senator Claude Malhuret speaks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Credit: Public Sénat) By François Diaz-Maurin…
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last year Chloe Cornish in Kuwait City…
The media, which should have known better, are talking about the day after the Gaza war as if it will…
ilLondon – There is an insidious attempt—engineered not by Lebanon’s actual Prime Minister but by the ever-calculating F. Siniora—to install…
Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the dissolution of the PKK and an end to armed struggle presents significant legal, security,…
Brief Analysis Whether authorities call it “Egyptian gas” or “Jordanian gas,” the simple fact is that Israeli offshore supplies…
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations Ambrose…
by Fadi Daoud, Makram Rabah, Efraim Defrin, Assaf Orion https://youtu.be/aX_tkvnFqvc Former military officials and experts from…
LONDON – Lebanon’s financial elites—who have all the fiscal prudence of a drunken sailor on shore leave—are at it again.…
Late Cheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the White House, September 2018. Photo credit: REUTERS. * Trump’s initial foreign policy…
(Author of the Snapback mechanism against Iran in the JCPOA, French Foreign Minister Laurant Fabius) By Oren Setter, Itamar Lifshitz…
Because, as Michel Chiha wrote, sometimes it is necessary to repeat what should be self-evident. Because what ought to be…
The agreement’s implementation phase is going surprisingly well and has been extended, but maintaining the ceasefire will require officials to…
Nawwaf Salam is, depending on your level of cynicism, either cautious, overly cautious, paralyzingly cautious, or just a guy who…
by David Albright and Sarah Burkhard On January 22, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) published an article titled “How…
On May 10, 2017, I sat down for a one-hour roundtable in Beirut with Riad Salameh, governor of Lebanon’s Central…
Ah, Hezbollah and the Aounist movement. They must have thought they were sitting pretty, like a kid at the candy…
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s new president and former army commander Joseph Aoun has maintained a low profile. Those who know him…
Decisive moments in the lives of nations and societies sometimes impose the adoption of extraordinary decisions—decisions that can be considered…
Mr. Former President, There are names that resonate in history as milestones of national pride. And then there are others—names…
Syria has liberated itself from the Assad regime. Israel’s ferocious military campaign against Hezbollah has effectively liberated Lebanon, too. Unlike…