Showing posts with label Lebanon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lebanon. Show all posts

Monday, December 16, 2019


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There is another election the world should be paying attention to this week – in Algeria
Sabra and Chatila taught me all massacres become 'alleged massacres' if we don't pay attention

Monday, November 04, 2019


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The new revolutions of the Middle East are not the same, but they all share this one fatal flaw

Tuesday, October 29, 2019


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Trump may have claimed to kill al-Baghdadi, but he has brought Isis back to life
Hezbollah threatens the peaceful and non-sectarian protests in Lebanon

Friday, October 25, 2019


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The Lebanese uprising won’t change anything while sectarian elites cling to power

Monday, October 21, 2019


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I don't blame the Lebanese rioters setting Beirut alight – they are hungry, poor and furious
Trump’s disgrace in the Middle East is the death of an empire. Vladimir Putin is Caesar now

Friday, October 04, 2019


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In Beirut, I can no longer get American dollars out of the ATM. This is what it tells me about Lebanon’s economy

Friday, September 06, 2019


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Lebanon’s crisis is almost unstoppable. Drone warfare is on the horizon

Monday, June 17, 2019


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No one is innocent in the Gulf of Oman debacle – but Trump’s ‘evidence’ of Iran’s role is dodgy at best
An Isis killer and an unlikely hero have heaved open the cracks in Lebanese politics

Friday, August 31, 2018


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Lebanon is on a tightrope, balancing Saudi, Iranian and Western interests – its position is precarious

Friday, June 22, 2018


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Can former Lebanese MP Mustafa Alloush turn even the coldest of Middle Eastern sceptics into an optimist?

Wednesday, June 13, 2018


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For once in the Middle East, a single Arab nation is solely responsible for the destruction of its land and heritage

Monday, June 11, 2018


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Lebanon's mountains are being wiped from the map – but does anyone care?

Friday, November 17, 2017


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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri accepts exile in France as Saudi Arabia no longer feels like a home away from home

Tuesday, November 14, 2017


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This isn't the first time Saudi Arabia has threatened the stability of Lebanon

Monday, November 13, 2017


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The resignation of Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has not gone as smoothly as the Saudis wanted

Friday, November 10, 2017


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Saad Hariri’s resignation as Prime Minister of Lebanon is not all it seems

Friday, September 15, 2017


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If Nikki Haley doesn't drop her nonsensical pro-Israeli propaganda line at the UN, she could cause real problems for Lebanon

Friday, May 12, 2017


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Can Syria ever be repaired when its long civil war finally comes to an end?

Thursday, May 11, 2017


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You can’t erase imperialism from Lebanon’s history – no matter how hard some people try

Tuesday, April 18, 2017


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Lebanon’s efficient security services are stepping up their watch over Islamist supporters in Beirut and beyond
If Trump cares so much about Syrian babies, why is he not condemning the rebels who slaughtered children?