4 ChangeLebanon: The People Want the Fall of the Regime
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Joseph Daher Over the last week, Lebanon has been rocked by a massive protest movement, larger than any the country has seen in decades. The demonstrations erupted after…
‘I sort of broke English’: Meet the Lebanese poet crossing boundaries
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Nashwa Gowanlock Zeina Hashem Beck sits in her living room in Dubai, wrapping vine leaves, wara’ ‘enab, over a stuffing of minced meat and rice, which she will…
the Arab region’s long-term revolutionary process
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Gilbert Achar When in late 2018 the people of Sudan took to the streets demanding an end to Omar al-Bashir’s authoritarian rule, this immediately triggered memories of 2010,…
The new Middle East revolutionaries share this one fatal flaw
Monday, November 4, 2019
Robert Fisk Revolutions are like electricity. An electric shock of the most unexpected kind. The victims think at first it must be a powerful wasp sting. Then they…
Fear on the Streets: Hezbollah and the Protests in Lebanon
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Robert Fisk Those tens of thousands of largely young protesters demanding a non-sectarian Lebanon were joyful, filled with happiness, determined that this time they would change the wretched…
Protesters In Lebanon Refuse to Compromise, Call Nationwide General Strike
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Madleine Freeman On the fifth day of a series of massive protests in Lebanon, workers from the country’s largest unions have joined over a million protesters in the…
Will Massive Lebanese Demos end the Country’s Era of Corruption?
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Amira Abo el-Fetouh We may be too optimistic to hope that the massive demonstrations that have spread in all the cities of Lebanon will lead to the collapse…
The U.S. Led Coup Attempt In Iraq May Further Weaken That Country
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The current unrest in Iraq began a week ago after a prominent general was removed from his post: Lieutenant General Abdul Wahab al-Saadi was the great Iraqi military…
Why Hezbollah is now focused on Lebanon’s domestic politics
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Paul Khalifeh. The New Hezbollah has emerged. In the past, the Lebanese Shia party proclaimed its allegiance to Iran through resistance to the state of Israel, and by…
Threat of war in the Middle East is real
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Yassamine Mather. A common question journalists ask these days – if they are not asking about Brexit – is ‘Will there be a war against Iran?’ and, if…
Untangling The Web Of The Saudi-Israeli-US Propaganda War On Iran
Monday, February 11, 2019
Behnam Gharagozli. Shortly after the horrific attacks on 9/11, it was discovered that there was an American plan to dismantle the regimes of seven countries: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,…
Is There a Plot to Depopulate Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon?
Sunday, December 23, 2018
Ramzy Baroud. An eerie video composed of a recorded audio prayer and a photo of one ‘Hajj Jamal Ghalaini’ occasionally pops up on Facebook. The voice is that…
Saudi Crown Prince MbS Tries to Restart the Lebanese War
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Paul R Pillar. The record of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) as de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia has included a trail of regional destabilization. Foremost on…
Lebanon is on a tightrope, balancing the Saudis, Iran and the West
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Robert Fisk. Posted on Zcommunications and the Independent September 4, 2018. Facing possible invasion from both Britain and Germany in 1940 and determined to remain neutral, the Irish government in Dublin asked one of…
Is Israel Preparing A War On Hezbollah In Lebanon? Would Russia Expand Its Presence To South Lebanon?
Monday, August 13, 2018
Elijah J Magnier. Posted on American Herald Tribune August 13, 2018. Tension is silently mounting between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border, where frenetic preparations are taking…
Lebanon’s mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care?
Monday, June 11, 2018
Robert Fisk. Posted on the Independent June 2018. Rarely are journalists lost for words. But how do you describe the destruction of entire mountains, the slashing down of…
The Shia Shift: Why Iran and Hezbollah Abandoned Suicide attacks
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Zachary Keckand Matthew Sparks. Posted on The National Interest May 28, 2018. Thirty-five years ago last month, a Hezbollah suicide bomber drove a delivery van packed with explosives…
Why Mike Pompeo’s ‘Severest Sanctions’ on Iran Will Backfire
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Juan Cole. Posted on TruthDig May 23, 2018. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech on new sanctions on Iran lays out a wide range of Iranian behavior he would…
The Boustani house: the tragedy and faith of Lebanon
Friday, December 29, 2017
Robert Fisk. Posted on Znet December 28, 2017. Source The Independent. During the great famine in Lebanon and Syria – whose lamentable hundredth anniversary we mark these current…
The Coming War on Lebanon: Israel, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Prepare for a Long-Planned Middle East War
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Timothy Alexander Guzman, Silent Crow News. Posted in Colonialism & Occupation, Geopolitics, Global Economy, Media Analysis on 1 December 2017. Washington’s plan to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
Redrawing the map: Why is Trump abandoning the nuclear deal with Iran?
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Yassamine Mather. Posted on Weekly Worker 19th October 2017. In a single speech on October 13, lasting just a few minutes, Donald Trump managed to succeed in doing…
How Syria’s Victory Reshapes Mideast
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Alastair Crooke. Posted on Consortium News on September 30, 2017. Plainly, Syria’s success – notwithstanding the caution of President Bashar al-Assad in saying that signs of success are…
Hezbollah and the Workers
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Joseph Daher, Jacobin. Though its reputation has waned in recent years, Hezbollah has long earned plaudits from the Left for its military resistance to Israel. Many, too, have…