Analysis of US Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield’s trip to Lebanon began before his visit had ended. Usually the Assistant Secretary of States visits are centred on issues related to…
Theappointment of Raya Haffar El Hassan as Lebanon’s Interior Minister in Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s new government went viral locally and regionally. Hassan is the Arab world's first female…
Earlier this month,Geir Pedersen, Norway’s ambassador toChinaand a former permanent representative to theUnited Nations, was appointed special envoy on theSyriaconflict. He replaces the veteran…
Since May 6 - the recent parliamentary elections in Lebanon – PM designate Saad Hariri has been trying to form a government that is supposed to be a national unity government, with fair…
The international sanctions imposed on Syria since April 2011 are the most comprehensive on record. Nonetheless, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has over the past seven years waged an…
Russia has made itself the arbiter of events in Syria. Its military intervention and use of intensive bombing allowed it to change the balance of forces on the ground and save the Assad regime. But…
One morning in July, the residents of Fuah and Kfarya got word that it was time to leave.
“I didn’t believe it at first,” said Jamal Faour, 33, who works for the Syrian army as a photographer. “We…
[caption id="attachment_55255738" align="aligncenter" width="4384"] A Syrian man awaits to be treated at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held town of Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on…
Damascus and Tehran wanted invading US troops to get stuck in a 'new Vietnam' and set up an operations room headed by their top lieutenants to cause havoc, never-before-published documents show.
Channelling the heavyweights of Russia's past, the current president sees it as his job to "retake" territory he deems to be Russian. It is a fundamental part of who he is.
The pursuit of international legal avenues to hold Israel accountable for its crimes must continue, and Palestinians need to unite behind a shared vision for the future