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Syria: Balancing State Authority and Plural Sensitivities
Michel Touma 2025-07-21 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah US Secretary of State Druzes Syria
In the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse in the early 1990s, French author and political analyst Alain Minc published a book with a strikingly evocative title that captured the spirit of the moment: The Revenge of Nations. He argued that decades of highly centralized communist rule had failed to erase the national sentiments of populations ...
Israel in Sweida: Motives and Ambitions
Philippe Abi Akl 2025-07-22 08:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Syria Sweida Bedouin Ahmad al-Sharaa Druze
As heavy clashes enter their second week in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, pitting Druze factions against tribal groups backed by the Syrian Army and security forces, Israel’s quiet but deliberate involvement is raising alarm. Official claims of protecting Syria’s Druze are met with widespread skepticism. The real story lies in Tel ...
Turkey and the PKK: Turning Point or Political Mirage?
Sarah Martin 2025-07-09 17:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Turkey Kurds PKK Abdullah Öcalan Disarmament
More than four decades after the start of an armed insurgency that has claimed over 45,000 lives, an announcement made on July 9, 2025, could mark a decisive turning point in Turkey’s modern history. Speaking from his isolated prison cell on the island of Imrali, Abdullah Öcalan, the historic leader and founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party ...
Xi Urges Trust as EU Demands "Real Solutions" in Beijing Talks
This is Beirut 2025-07-24 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the EU must deepen trust in a turbulent world, but the bloc's chiefs called for "real solutions" to move past an inflection point as they met in Beijing on Thursday. China's leadership has sought to draw the European Union closer as it positions itself as a more reliable partner than the United States ...
Russian Rocket Puts Iran Satellite Into Space: Iran Media
This is Beirut 2025-07-25 11:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space on Friday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace program that has long concerned Western governments. "The Nahid-2 communications satellite was launched from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome using a Soyuz rocket," state television said. Weighing 110 ...
Palantir, the AI Giant That Preaches US Dominance
This is Beirut 2025-07-29 09:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump New York Palantir AI
Palantir, an American data analysis and artificial intelligence company, has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest tech darling -- one that makes no secret of its macho, America-first ethos now ascendant in Trump-era tech culture. The company's reach spans the global economy, with banks, hospitals, the US government, and the Israeli military among ...
US, India to Launch Powerful Earth-Monitoring Satellite
This is Beirut 2025-07-30 11:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA India Satellite
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at ...
Israel Says Ground Troops Conducted Raids in Syria
This is Beirut 2025-08-03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's military said Sunday ground troops had operated in southern Syria, seizing weapons and questioning individuals suspected of arms trafficking, in the latest cross-border raid since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December. A military statement said that troops had completed overnight "a mission involving on-site questioning of several ...
Lebanon, the Unraveling Republic
Charles Chartouni 2025-08-04 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah Iran United States
American political scientists in the sixties were quite pessimistic when analyzing the cascading political crises befalling Lebanon since the late fifties. Leila Meo used the label of “improbable nation” (1963), and Michael Hudson characterized it as a “precarious republic" (1965). This sense of instability prompted numerous scholars to ...
Italy’s Fast Fashion Hub Turns Into Chinese Mafia Crime Battleground
This is Beirut 2025-08-04 13:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Fashion Italy China Culture Art Fast-fashion
When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's storied textile hub of Prato. But a "hanger war" is raging in the city near Florence — turning Europe's largest apparel manufacturing center and a pillar of Made in Italy production into a battleground for warring Chinese ...
Disney Lifts Forecast as It Readies ESPN Streaming Launch
This is Beirut 2025-08-06 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Disney Earning United States Streaming Culture
Disney on Wednesday lifted its full-year earnings forecast after reporting higher quarterly profits, as the company readies the launch of a new ESPN sports service. Profits for Disney's fiscal third quarter were $5.3 billion, about double the year-ago level as the entertainment giant added 1.8 million subscribers to its Disney+ streaming ...
Sudan's PM in Egypt on First Foreign Visit
This is Beirut 2025-08-07 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris arrived in Cairo on Thursday morning for his first official foreign visit since assuming office in May, as his country's army remains gripped by a brutal war with paramilitaries. Idris, a career diplomat and former UN official, is expected to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, according to ...
First Post-Assad Parliament and the Challenge of Transition
Kaline Antoun 2025-08-09 15:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Syria’s first legislative elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime are scheduled for September 2025. Conducted through an unprecedented indirect voting system, these elections aim to lay the groundwork for political renewal. Yet, amid promises of representation, significant uncertainties leave the outcome fragile. According to the ...
Challenges to Hezbollah's Resurgence and Lebanon's Sovereignty
Amal Chmouny 2025-08-10 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Lebanese Army Donald Trump Joseph Aoun
Lebanon is navigating a complex political and military landscape, with a strong push from the United States and the international community encouraging the Lebanese government to enhance state sovereignty and work towards the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups. Recently, US presidential envoy Tom Barrack presented a comprehensive plan ...
Mossad’s Reach: How Israel Penetrated Iran’s Inner Sanctum
Soumia Benmerzoug 2025-08-11 13:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In June 2025, Iran was struck by a wave of operations of an unusual kind: targeted sabotage, “accidental” explosions, digital disruption, targeted assassinations… The whole affair bears the hallmarks of a hybrid offensive, silent yet devastatingly effective. But beyond technological prowess, the structural collapse of a paranoid regime ...
Larijani Starts Iraq and Lebanon Tour Amid High Tensions over Hezbollah's Disarmament
This is Beirut 2025-08-11 20:22 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Hezbollah Tehran Ali Larijani
Ali Larijani, the head of Iran's top security body, met with senior officials in Iraq on Monday, ahead of a visit to Lebanon, where the government plans to disarm Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. Tehran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in ...
EU Says Israel Has Agreed to 'Expand' Gaza Aid Access
This is Beirut 2025-07-10 18:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam European Union United Nations Hamas Humanitarian aids Gaza
The EU on Thursday struck a deal with Israel to increase aid access to Gaza that should see more food trucks entering and the opening of additional crossing points, the bloc's top diplomat said. "Today, we reached an agreement with Israel to expand humanitarian access to Gaza," European Union foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas wrote on X. "This ...
Israeli Army Says it Dismantled Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon
This is Beirut 2025-07-09 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Lebanon Hezbollah weapons border
The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops from the 91st Division are continuing operations along the Lebanese border as part of cross-border operations. Based on intelligence reports, the army launched targeted missions to dismantle Hezbollah positions and prevent the group from reestablishing a military presence in the area. In one ...
Netanyahu’s Gaza Strategy: Ambiguity, Internal Divisions and Looming Chaos
Élie-Joe Kamel 2025-08-12 18:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Hamas United Nations
As the war in Gaza enters its 22nd month, political and on the ground uncertainties continue to grow. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements highlight this growing strategic confusion. He says he wants to “take control of Gaza,” while specifying that Israel has “no intention of governing” the territory. This ...
Syria Arrests Assad-Era Air Force Officer Under EU, UK Sanctions
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 17:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Syria's interior ministry said Wednesday a former air force officer who is under British and EU sanctions had been detained, the latest such arrest announcement since longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad's ouster. Authorities in the Harasta area outside Damascus "arrested the criminal pilot Major General Meezar Sawan," the ministry said in a ...
If Iran's Khamenei Falls, What Would Replace Him?
This is Beirut 2025-06-19 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Israel increasingly appears eager to oust the clerical leadership that has ruled Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution but is taking a gamble given the Iranian opposition is divided and there is no guarantee new rulers would be any less hardline, analysts say. By striking targets other than nuclear or ballistic facilities, such as Iran's ...
Taekwondo – Hanmadang: Mont La Salle on All Fronts
Makram Haddad 2025-06-21 02:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Mont La Salle arena pulsed with shouts, strikes, and applause. A few days ago, the Ain Saadé-based club hosted Hanmadang 2025, the grand festival of taekwondo techniques, organized by the Lebanese Federation under the watchful eye of its president, Dr. Habib Zarifeh, and a panel of local and international experts from South Korea and ...
Polo: Jad Achour’s Fantastic Ride at Warwick
Makram Haddad 2025-06-22 09:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
It’s a historic first in Lebanese sports, and it has the refined taste of champagne popped on the sidelines of an English polo field. Just eight months after learning how to ride a horse, the spirited young Lebanese, Jad Achour, led his team from the University of Warwick to a gold medal at the prestigious 2025 SUPA Summer Nationals ...
Trump’s Thunderbolt: America Attacks, Iran Shakes, the World Waits
Marc Saikali 2025-06-22 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Donald Trump Europe Gulf Hezbollah
A night that will be etched into Middle East history has just come to an end. In the early hours of June 22, 2025, Donald Trump launched a strike. Six B-2 Spirit stealth bombers took off from a US base and dropped twelve GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear site, while 30 Tomahawk missiles targeted facilities in ...
Maaloula: The Silent Exile of an Ancient Language
Sarah Martin 2025-06-22 16:35 - Reading : 8 minute(s)
Nestled on the cliffsides at the foothills of the Qalamoun mountains, Maaloula gazes out over the void. Behind the picturesque façade of its alleys and its millennia-old language lies a harsher reality: a language and culture under siege. A minority identity caught in the grip of centralizing nationalism, institutionalized othering and a century ...
Strategic Forecasts
Charles Chartouni 2025-06-23 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nawaf Salam Iran United States War Middle East
The strategic dilemmas facing Israel at this point should be summarized as how to achieve the double and intertwining objectives of the Iranian nuclear weaponization containment and the downfall of the Islamist regime and its imperial outreach. The inner relationship between the two variables is unmistakable and begets the crucial question of how ...
NATO Summit Seeks to Keep Trump Happy and Alliance United
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 12:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky Emmanuel Macron NATO
NATO leaders will seek to lock in US President Donald Trump's commitment to their alliance with a summit pledge to boost defence spending, as they gather Tuesday in The Hague with global attention focused on Iran. The overriding focus of the gathering, which kicks off with dinner hosted by the Dutch king, has been on keeping Trump ...
Who Is Diodato Abagnara, UNIFIL's New Head of Mission?
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 14:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanon Diodato Abagnara UNIFIL
Diodato Abagnara, an Italian major general, took command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday, succeeding Spanish Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz at the head of approximately 10,000 soldiers from 47 countries. Born in 1970 in Pagani, Italy, and with a military career spanning more than 36 years, Diodato ...
Trump Rattles NATO Allies as He Descends on Summit
This is Beirut 2025-06-24 22:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump Volodymyr Zelensky USA Europe Kyiv
US President Donald Trump swept into NATO's Hague summit Tuesday, with allies hoping a pledge to ramp up defence spending will keep the mercurial leader of the military superpower committed to protecting them. Trump joined leaders from NATO's 31 other members to kick off the two-day gathering with a dinner hosted by Dutch King Willem-Alexander in ...
Syria Arrests General Linked to Infamous 'Checkpoint of Death'
This is Beirut 2025-06-25 12:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Syria General Haidar Checkpoint Arrest War Crimes
Syrian authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest of General Mowafaq Nadhir Haidar, former commander of the Syrian regime’s 3rd Armored Division, notorious for his role at the infamous Qatifa checkpoint, known by locals as the “Checkpoint of Death.” The checkpoint, located along the Damascus-Homs highway near the division's headquarters, ...