Gibran Bassil peaks with lawmaker Ziad Asswad, center, a member of his parliament bloc, at the presidential palace, in Baabda…
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Treasury Targets Corruption in Lebanon November 6, 2020 Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign…
A famous « no reconciliation » cartoon, depicting reconciliation as a « stab in the back of Palestinians »! …
(photo caption: Hezbollah pro-Iran militia invaded the Lebanese capital on May 7, 2008) First – On the issue…
A man and woman are pictured in a file photo walking through the rubble of destroyed buildings in Deraa, Syria.…
The clay soil of the “Labouneh” area, which overlooks the Lebanese and Israeli sides of the border, allowed Hezbollah to…
Razan Zaitouneh and Colonel Akaidi understood how the Syrian revolution would go better than I did I was waiting…
Shortly before we presented the Clinton parameters on peace to the Israelis and Palestinians in December 2000, I briefed Bandar…
To paraphrase the medieval Spanish Jewish poet, physician and philosopher Yehuda Halevy, it can be said that the long-standing motto…
In an interview, Michael Karam speaks about a new documentary on wine and war in Lebanon. Michael Karam is a…
Security sources in Paris revealed that the supposedly « resentful father of a high school girl student», who « protested…
A Beirut source revealed to METransparent that an « official convoy » seen at Beirut’s Port immediately after the terrible…
Sources in Beirut tell METransparent that the Janah area, near Beirut, where PM Netanyahu had claimed, at his UN speech…
Faezeh Hashemi, the activist daughter of Iran’s late President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaks in an interview with The Associated Press,…
Public opinion polling in the Arab world suggests that autocratic leaders like Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his…
The group is once more trying to conceal its strategy of hiding military assets in civilian areas, but each self-explosion…
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron admonished Lebanon’s leaders on Sunday for serving their own interests ahead of their…
Because Iranian-sponsored militias in Iraq forge real estate deeds and threaten judges and government employees who challenge their forgery, my…
Report says Khartoum asking for billions in economic assistance in return for agreement with Jerusalem; if demands met, announcement could…
In Ba‘lbek-Hermel, there was support for the Lebanese uprising until the main Shi‘a parties gained the upper hand. From…
The response to Lebanon’s protest movement in Zahleh showed sympathy, but within a conservative framework. Many Lebanese regard the…
The Nabatieh protestors smashed the notion of a Shi‘a community solidly behind Hezbollah and Amal. We are happy to introduce…
Saudi Arabia has always acted as an elder brother by standing with Pakistan during the most difficult crises. It was…
By Souad Mekhennet and Joby Warrick A Lebanese man convicted in the 2005 killing of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri was…
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Iranian football coach A former coach of Iran’s national soccer team has come under fire for criticizing…
JERUSALEM — A quarter century after Israeli spies, a Canadian activist and a Syrian rabbi smuggled nine rare medieval Jewish…
Like all good policy decisions, the deal emerged from the enlightened self-interest of the key parties, but the stakes are…
A flight from Israel to Dubai showing no departure or landing data (Photo: Flightradar24) ‘Aviation Bridge,’ which provides flight services…
Haifa town council head defends the decision to name one of the city’s streets in honor of Umm Kulthum, who…
Say, ‘Shall I inform you who are the greatest losers in respect to their deeds? Those whose efforts go astray…
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 17, 2020 U.S. Files…
As a tribunal prepares to announce a verdict in Rafiq al-Hariri’s assassination, the United Nations has much to answer for.…
They’re still assessing the damage to the nuclear facility, but Iran is already blaming Israel. They may try to retaliate…
They are protesting the wrong war. In this time of historical flux, when protestors pull down Confederate statues and the…
A promising first step towards creating an environment of peaceful relations between Arab countries and Israel. We applaud! Abu…
INVESTIGATION – Tibetans, Uighurs and citizens of Hong Kong say they are being closely watched and harassed by China in…
Eight Republican members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 18, 2019, urging for Al…
Faezeh Hashemi, a former Iranian lawmaker and the daughter of one of the founders of the Islamic Republic says Iran…
In the fall of 1997, at the Carlton Hotel in Damascus, a simple wedding was held for the man who…
Conservative Republicans have unveiled a report that could have terrible consequences for a country already facing ruin. Lebanon will have…
On June 4, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Maroun Hitti, Jessica Obeid, and Sami Nader. Hitti…
Israel knew the drill even before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boarded his flight to Tel Aviv earlier this…
Competition, the Coronavirus, and the Weakness of Xi Jinping Over the past few years, the United States’ approach to…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Islamic Revolution in Iran, which brought Islamists to power for the first time in modern history, pitted…
Writing in the Lebanese daily Al-Liwa under the headline “France’s Ambassador in Beirut – The Diplomat Marketing Iran’s Hegemony Over…
Iranian author, Ahmed Zayd Abadi (born in 1966) spent many years of his life in the Mullas prison for…
For decades, Ayatollah Khamenei has professed enmity with America. Now his regime is threatened from within the country. One night…
BY AMJAD TADROS Amman — On normal days, the tiny, gas-rich nation of Qatar looks like a giant construction site. Dozens…
By Trey Yingst, Yonat Friling | Fox News JERUSALEM – Iran is building a new tunnel at the Imam Ali military base in Eastern…
Minhelet Ha’am, 1948. On May 12 its members faced a dilemma: Did they have the right to make a decision…