A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran
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.
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.
nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 09.16.2009 | World
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...
The Guardian | Hugh Macleod in Beirut | Posted 11.10.2009 | World
Lebanon entered a new chapter of political uncertainty today as prime minister-designate Sa'ad Hariri stepped down after the Hezbollah-led opposition ...
James Denselow | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
The shift in allegiances of Lebanon's chameleon-like Druze leader has sent tremors through the country's political system.
James Denselow | Posted 09.15.2009 | World
There is talk of "war shopping", of people storing up supplies in case growing Israeli rhetoric towards Lebanon becomes a reality.
Nicholas Noe | Posted 09.11.2009 | World
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.
Times Online | Posted 09.03.2009 | World
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...
Nadya Khalife | Posted 08.01.2009 | World
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.
James Denselow | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
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.
AP | SAM F. GHATTAS | Posted 07.08.2009 | World
BEIRUT — Lebanon's pro-Western coalition declared victory early Monday, as local television stations reported the faction had successfully fende...
Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.07.2009 | World
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.
Worldfocus | Posted 07.04.2009 | World
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...
Al Jazeera | Posted 06.27.2009 | World
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...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.22.2009 | World
Everyone in Lebanon has been noticing how Hezbollah's rhetoric has been heating up lately. ...
nytimes.com | ROBERT F. WORTH | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
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...
The Daily Star | Andrew Wander | Posted 03.22.2009 | World
Sources close to Hizbullah quoted by the Al-Balad daily on Thursday gave a fascinating glimpse into the secret world of international espionage inhabi...
The Daily Star | Posted 03.09.2009 | World
BEIRUT: The leader of Hizbullah's parliamemtary bloc, Mohammad Raad, rejected calls to implement the Arab Peace Initiative, urging Arab and Islamic na...
GlobalPost.com | Thanassis Cambanis | Posted 03.02.2009 | World
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...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 02.04.2009 | World
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.
Joshua Gleis | Posted 01.30.2009 | World
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.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.18.2009 | World
After suffering serious losses during the 2006 summer war with Israel, Hezbollah reportedly increased its weapons arsenal three-fold, though they should have disarmed.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.13.2009 | World
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 ...
AP | HUSSEIN DAKROUB | Posted 01.12.2009 | World
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Jimmy Carter said Friday he would have been "delighted" to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon and regre...
Steve Posner | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
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.
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
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.
Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World