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Sami Moubayed: Lebanon's New Wild Card: Shaker al-Barjawi?

2012-05-24T16:35:43Z

Shaker al-Barjawi's Arab Movement Party is by no means a political heavyweight. How then did it rise out of nowhere to take the streets of Beirut?

Read more: Syria Spring, Syria, Hasan Nasrallah, Lebanon, Arab Spring, Hezbollah, Syria Revolution, World News

Claude Salhani: Good Guys and Bad Guys in Lebanon

2012-05-23T17:23:20Z

Trying to explain the intricacies of the Lebanese quagmire is never a simple matter, especially to someone not well-versed in politics.

Read more: Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Lebanese Civil War, Alawites, Sunni, Lebanese Army, World News

Claude Salhani: Why Stability in Syria Matters

2012-05-21T12:06:12Z

The 14-month long spate of internal violence in Syria has friends and foes equally worried over the fate of the country's future, the stability of the region and the ever-present danger of the violence spreading from Syria to its neighbors.

Read more: Syria, Turkey, Syrian Intelligence, Alawite Community, Islamists, Islamist Fighters, President Bashar Assad, Iraq, Lebanon, United States, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, Hezbollah, Syrian Ambassador to the United States, Lebanese Army, Nicolas Sarkozy, Iraq War, Damascus, Syria Accountability Act, Russia, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Tripoli, European, World News

Claude Salhani: Politics and Policies: What's Next in the Middle East?

2012-05-11T14:14:30Z

Hezbollah is building training facilities in the eastern Bekaa Valley within close proximity of the Syrian border, reported a local Beirut newspaper earlier this week. Is Hezbollah preparing for the next confrontation and if so, whom do they expect to fight?

Read more: Syria, Netanyahu, Middle East, President Bashar Assad, Israel, Lebanese Shiite Movement, Terrorist Acts, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, Arab Countries, World News

Ken Blackwell: Israel's Gathering Storm

2012-05-04T17:15:38Z

Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, compared Israel's situation today with other critical periods in the nation's past. Without hesitation, he answered: In the best case scenario, it's May 1967. In the worst case, it's May 1948.

Read more: Palestine, Michael Oren, Middle East, Hezbollah, Six-Day War, Hamas, Israel, World News

Sami Moubayed: The Syrian Opposition, Non-state Players, and the Peace Process

2012-05-02T16:46:33Z

The Syrian opposition today has to sit back and come up with answers to the following questions: What to do with the military, governmental, and security institutions if they come to power? How to manage the Syrian economy? These are challenges that are yet to be addressed properly.

Read more: Syria Spring, Arab Spring, Hasan Nasrallah, Israel, Hamas, Syria Uprising, Hezbollah, Middle East Peace Process, Bashar Al-Assad, World News

Carlo Strenger: Israel at 64: Farewell to Hysteria -- Welcome to Pragmatism

2012-04-25T15:33:11Z

First of all Mazaltov to us all: Israel is celebrating its 64th independence day. The festivities will make us forget for a day that, at 64, Israel's internal discourse is haunted by profound insecurities.

Read more: Benny Gantz, Israel Economy, Benny-Gantz-Iran, Israel Independence Day, Hezbollah, Israel, Democracy, Hamas, Israel 64th Independence Day, Israel Iran, Israel Hamas, Syria Violence, Syria, World News

Peter King Says Hezbollah Agents In U.S. Pose Major Threat

2012-03-21T13:00:00Z

WASHINGTON -- Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents, not al Qaeda operatives, may pose the greatest threat on U.S. soil as tensions over Iran's suspected nu...

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U.N. Chief: Syria Conflict Could Have Global Repercussions

2012-03-21T10:48:17Z

BEIRUT — The "extremely dangerous" conflict in Syria could have global repercussions, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday, as fres...

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Alan Elsner: Some Lessons From the Latest Gaza Confrontation

2012-03-17T19:46:49Z

The latest confrontation between Israel and Iranian-backed terrorists in the Gaza Strip seems to be coming to an end. So what are some of the lessons from this episode?

Read more: Iran, Gaza, Islamic Jihad, Terrorism, Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, Idf, Iron Dome, World News

Shai Baitel: A Bad Joke's Kernel of Truth

2012-02-21T14:22:33Z

Geographically, Iran may be far away from the Americas but its growing presence in Venezuela is a serious danger. It is not a joke.

Read more: Syria, Al Qaeda, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Soft Power, Latin America, Farc, Homeland Security, Sanctions, Nuclear Program, Missiles, Lebanon, United States, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Venezuela, Middle East, Janet Napolitano, Chavez, Foreign Affairs, Terrorism, Western Hemisphere, Uranium, Icrg, World News

Paul Heroux: Instability in Iran and Syria: A Tipping Point for Israel's Security?

2012-02-14T11:42:38Z

A different, more democratic Iran and Syria may mean a world of difference for Israel, and one that is likely to be more favorable than the current climate.

Read more: Egypt Protests, Syria Crackdown, Arab Spring, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Hezbollah, US Foreign Policy, Iran, Hamas, Israel, Iran Nuclear Program, Syria Protests, Syria, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Policy, World News

Moe Ali Nayel: When Rumors Turn Into Facts In The Mainstream Media

2012-02-13T11:47:42Z

News that is obviously fabricated, or written from behind desks in the U.S, Europe, and east Beirut, angers me because I value the integrity of investigative journalism. I hate seeing how the Syrian peoples' uprising has been manipulated to serve as a tool for some political agendas.

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Time to Reset Russia's Syrian Offense

2012-02-01T15:20:34Z

It's high time to toss aside diplomatic niceties and place Russia in the diplomatic stockade for its sheltering of the illegitimate Bashar al-Assad from global wrath.

Read more: Syrian National Council, United Nations Security Council, Free Syrian Army, Michael McFaul, Arab League, Hezbollah, China, Damascus, Hama, Homs, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Israel, Hillary Clinton, India, Syria, World News

Dovid Efune: For Every Black Frock A Glock: Time To Arm The Rebbe's Army

2012-01-27T11:02:28Z

If a Chabad gun policy were to be established and widely publicized, it would serve as an effective deterrent to would be attackers, who would likely rather seek the path of least resistance.

Read more: Chabad Bangkok, Chabad Rabbis, Chabad Centers, Chabad Gun, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Chabad Gun Policy, Rebbe's Army, Gabi Holtzberg, Chabad Emissaries, Chabad Terror, Chabad, Gennady Bogolubov, Hezbollah, Rivka Holtzberg, Rebbe Gun, Judaism, Religion News

Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Not Another War, Please!

2012-01-17T15:42:11Z

Though the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 ended unsatisfactorily from the point of view of U.S. honor, a great power needs to get beyond residual rancors.

Read more: Hezbollah, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, War With Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Saad Khan: Who's Behind the Bombings in Syria's Capital?

2012-01-09T12:04:30Z

The recent bombings -- the latest of which occurred on Friday when 26 people were killed in the capital -- may not be the handiwork of al Qaeda, which the regime is quick to blame. Some other forces might be at work.

Read more: Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Damascus Bomb, Iran Syria, Arab League, Syria Protests, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, World News

U.S. Accuses Hezbollah Of Money Laundering, Group Denies

2011-12-20T08:22:19Z

BEIRUT -- Lebanon's Hezbollah is denying US allegations of involvement in a $300 million laundering scheme and drugs trafficking, with its deputy lead...

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Beirut Bank Seen As Hub Of Hezbollah's Financing

2011-12-14T08:55:26Z

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Last February, the Obama administration accused one of Lebanon's famously secretive banks of laundering money for an international ...

Hezbollah Reveals Identities Of Undercover CIA Officers

2011-12-12T16:18:40Z

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French Foreign Minister Suspects Syria Behind Lebanon Bombing

2011-12-11T16:03:51Z

PARIS -- France's foreign minister says he suspects that Syria was behind a bombing that wounded five French troops in Lebanon.

A Lebanese bystander ...

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Hezbollah Chief Says Group Is Growing Stronger

2011-12-06T10:24:18Z

BEIRUT -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashoura...

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Lebanese Rockets Hit Northern Israel

2011-11-29T06:49:17Z

JERUSALEM — Rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel early Tuesday for the first time in more than two years, drawing a burst of Israel...

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Patrick Galey: The Middle East's Latest Police State

2011-11-25T18:25:14Z

Western and Arab diplomats will cheerfully tell you (off the record) that a number of international missions monitor conversations across the country, as do domestic organizations. It's a poorly kept secret that it's hard to keep a secret in Lebanon.

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Sami Moubayed: Arab Spring Is a Blessing in Disguise for Hamas

2011-11-23T18:04:35Z

Hamas has an agenda that is rather different from that of the Syrians. The Syrian regime's number one priority is survival, whereas Hamas' objective now is to win the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Palestine.

Read more: Hezbollah, Arab Spring, Hamas, Syria Protests, Bashar Al-Assad, Politics News