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November 13, 2014
United States
This Week: Iran Negotiations, Jordan-Israel Crisis Talks, and New Syria Truce Proposal
Significant Developments Iran. Negotiators from Iran and the P5+1 countries hinted at a possible extension of the November 24 deadline for a nuclear deal, after three days of talks in Oman failed to…
July 20, 2006
Lebanon
Lebanon’s Weak Government
As Israeli air strikes decimate Lebanon, the elected government in Beirut is weak, divided, and seems powerless to control Hezbollah, whose attack on an Israeli convoy July 12 started the conflict.
December 13, 2007
Lebanon
Bazzi: Can the Latest Violence in Lebanon Accelerate a Political Deal?
Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday, hopes the shock caused by the assassination of General Francois Hajj might accelerate a compromise among Lebanon’s factions.
May 28, 2009
Elections and Voting
The Consequences of a Hezbollah-Led Opposition Victory in Lebanon’s Elections
Michael Young, opinion editor for Beirut’s Daily Star, says the Obama administration has indicated it does not favor a victory for the Hezbollah-led opposition in the 2009 parliamentary elections. Sh…
January 12, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Can Lebanon Escape?
A supporter waves a Lebanese flag over thousands of anti-Syrian protesters during a rally in Beirut March 14, 2005. (Damir Sagolj/Courtesy Reuters) Newspapers today are reporting that Hezbollah-back…
