Lebanon

  • Jun 19, 2014
  • 1 min read

Regional stability is hostage to sectarian politics

Middle East
  • Jun 4, 2014
  • 12 min read

Prospects for the Middle East in the third quarter

After three years of political turmoil, North Africa's post-uprising states are looking to...

Middle East
  • Jun 2, 2014
  • 7 min read

Lebanon's presidential vacuum could last months

Hezbollah yesterday called for the presidential election to be held swiftly. Since its formation...

Lebanon
  • May 7, 2014
  • 7 min read

Syria tensions raise Hezbollah-Israel conflict risk

After almost eight years of relative calm following Israel's war with Hezbollah in 2006, tensions...

Israel
  • Apr 30, 2014
  • 7 min read

Democracy will take years to emerge in Arab world

Iraqis are today voting in parliamentary elections, the fourth since the overthrow of President...

Middle East
  • Apr 29, 2014
  • 12 min read

Syrian civil war 'endgame' will build on local truces

President Bashar al-Assad announced yesterday that he will stand for a further seven-year term in...

Syria
  • Mar 21, 2014
  • 2 min read

New government improves Lebanon's stability outlook

Parliament yesterday passed a vote of confidence in the new national unity government.

Lebanon
  • Mar 20, 2014
  • 7 min read

Hezbollah will stand by Assad despite rising costs

Hezbollah militants and Syrian government forces recaptured the strategic Syrian border town of...

Lebanon