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A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Yemen, Iranian Revolution, Quds Force, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-Quds, Houthis, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qods Force, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Israel, Saada, Sana'A, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Al-Qaeda, Irgc, Al Qaeda, Smart Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Soft Power, Mideast, Shia, Shi'a Militias, Shiites, World News
Kevin Sullivan

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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Salah Ezzedine, "Lebanese Bernie Madoff," Humiliates Hezbollah

nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 09.16.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon Financial Fraud, Lebanon Pyramid Scheme, Salah Ezzedine, Shiite Muslim, Pyramid Scheme, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Hezbollah Pyramid Scheme, Lebanon's Bernie Madoff, World News

TURA, Lebanon -- The investor, a heavyset man in a gray polo shirt, sat back in a plastic chair in his hardware store and sighed, unable to explain ho...

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Lebanon's Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri Steps Down

The Guardian | Hugh Macleod in Beirut | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

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Lebanon entered a new chapter of political uncertainty today as prime minister-designate Sa'ad Hariri stepped down after the Hezbollah-led opposition ...

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Lebanese Politics in the Post-Bush Era

James Denselow | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Walid Jumblatt, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, Lebanon Druze, Lebanon Bush, March 14 Alliance, World News
James Denselow

The shift in allegiances of Lebanon's chameleon-like Druze leader has sent tremors through the country's political system.

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Fears of War Grow in Lebanon

James Denselow | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Israel Lebanon War, Walid Jumblatt, World News
James Denselow

There is talk of "war shopping", of people storing up supplies in case growing Israeli rhetoric towards Lebanon becomes a reality.

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The End of March 14?

Nicholas Noe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Beirut, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Druze, Syria, Sunnis, Shiites, World News
Nicholas Noe

The Sunni, Druze and Christian coalition that first took the reins of power in July 2005 was dealt what may end up being a lethal blow this past week when the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt formerly left the March 14 Secretariat.

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Hezbollah Rocket Stockpile On Israeli Border Reaches 40,000

Times Online | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

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Three years after Israel fought a bloody war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, there are growing fears that hostilities could erupt again this time with t...

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A Woman's Place, in Lebanon

Nadya Khalife | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Switzerland, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Grassroots, Free Patriotic Movement, Women and Politics, Sunni, Hezbollah, Christians, Shia, Muslim, World News
Nadya Khalife

Lebanese women won the right to vote in national elections 19 years before women in Switzerland. Yet political participation by Lebanese women remains dismal at the national level.

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Hezbollah Still Holds Sway in Lebanon

James Denselow | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

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James Denselow

Parliament's lack of power raises serious questions about the future of Hezbollah's role and the shape of issue-based politics in such a fragile country.

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Lebanon Election Results: Pro-Western Majority Declares Victory

AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

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BEIRUT — Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fende...

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Telling the Lebanese How to Vote

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, US Foreign Policy, Lebanon, Joe Biden, Hezbollah Lebanon, Barack Obama, Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, Israel, Iraq, World News
Stephen Zunes

Many Lebanese -- including some of Hezbollah's bitterest opponents -- wonder why Clinton and Biden, who have defended foreign forces wreaking such death and destruction on their country, have any right to tell them how to vote.

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Lebanon Election: Hezbollah's Predicted Success Raises Questions For Foreign Policy (AUDIO)

Worldfocus | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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Lebanon will head to the polls on June 7 in an election that could alter the political fabric of the country, with Hezbollah and its allies poise...

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Hariri 'Rejects Any Hezbollah Deal' In Upcoming Lebanese Elections

Al Jazeera | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Saad al-Hariri, the leader of Lebanon's Future movement, has said he will refuse to join a Hezbollah-led coalition government should the Shia party an...

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Israel Planning Nasrallah Assassination: Hezbollah

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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Everyone in Lebanon has been noticing how Hezbollah's rhetoric has been heating up lately. ...

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Lebanon Election: Money From Abroad Floods In To Buy Votes

nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- It is election season in Lebanon, and Hussein H., a jobless 24-year-old from south Beirut, is looking forward to selling his vote t...

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Lebanon: Israeli Spy Sold Bugged Cars To Hezbollah Members

The Daily Star | Andrew Wander | Posted 03.22.2009 | World

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Sources close to Hizbullah quoted by the Al-Balad daily on Thursday gave a fascinating glimpse into the secret world of international espionage inhabi...

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Hezbollah Rejects Calls For Peace With Israel, Urges Resistance

The Daily Star | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab Peace Initiative, Hezbollah Lebanon, Hezbollah Israel, Mohammad Raad, Israel, Hezbullah, World News

BEIRUT: The leader of Hizbullah's parliamemtary bloc, Mohammad Raad, rejected calls to implement the Arab Peace Initiative, urging Arab and Islamic na...

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Why Israel Is "Losing" In Gaza: Lessons For America

GlobalPost.com | Thanassis Cambanis | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

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AYTA AL SHAAB, Lebanon -- The hue and furor over the humanitarian cost of the Gaza conflict have obscured the matter on which Israel's campaign agai...

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Day 10: Gaza Burning

Jamal Dajani | Posted 02.04.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Surgical Strikes, Hezbollah Lebanon, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Middle East, Nitzerim, Israel-Gaza Border, War on Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Qassam Rockets, World News
Jamal Dajani

Fighting is still raging in the Gaza Strip after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. Al Shifa Hospital has run out of beds to accommodate the injured as a result of the intense Israeli shelling.

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Lessons Learned from the 2006 War Being Implemented in Gaza

Joshua Gleis | Posted 01.30.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza, Gaza City, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Hamas, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, Ehud Olmert, Hezbollah Lebanon, Israel Lebanon War, Israel Hezbollah, World News
Joshua Gleis

While many have spoken about the lessons Hamas has learned from Hezbollah over the years, it appears the Israeli political and military establishment has learned one or two of its own.

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Russia Threatens American Hegemony with Fighter Jets to Lebanon

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.18.2009 | World

Read More: Gas Prices, Military, Russia, Oil, Oil Prices, Hezbollah, Natural Gas, Lebanon, United States, US Military Spending, America, Military Aid, Iran, Chavez, Syria, Hezbollah Lebanon, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Israel, Ukraine, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

After suffering serious losses during the 2006 summer war with Israel, Hezbollah reportedly increased its weapons arsenal three-fold, though they should have disarmed.

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Beirut: Jimmy Carter Urges Obama To Push For Mideast Peace

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Hezbollah Lebanon, Carter Center, Lebanon, Jimmy Carter, Israel, Hezbollah, Barack Obama, Electi, Bill Clinton, Hamas, American University of Beirut, Rahm Emanuel, Amos Gilad, Hillary Clinton, Syria, Video, Gilad Schalit, Jerusalem, World News
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

President Jimmy Carter told a packed audience at the American University of Beirut that President-elect Barack Obama cannot wait until the end of his ...

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Jimmy Carter: I Would Have Been 'Delighted' To Meet With Hezbollah

AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jimmy Carter said Friday he would have been "delighted" to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon and regre...

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Israel's Exchange and Obama's Enemies

Steve Posner | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Terrorists, War on Terror, Terrorism, Hezbollah, Palestinians, Barack Obama Israel, Global War on Terror, Barack Obama, War on Terrorism, Israelis Palestinians, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Authority, Terror, Palestinian, Jews Obama, Lebanon Fighting, Obama Israel, Barack Obama Palestine, Politics News
Steve Posner

Amid the cheers arising in Hezbollah's Beirut and the Gaza of Hamas, the sound of Obama's defense of Israel may also be heard.

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Israel's Peace Offensive

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Shebaa Farms, Golan Heights, Israel Syria, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Annapolis Middle East Peace Conference, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Alon Ben-Meir

As the dynamics in the Middle East shift in response to Iraq and Iran's nuclear movements, Israel has conceded that peace with Syria holds the key to rapprochement with the rest of the Arab world.

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