Lebanon

  • Feb 27, 2014
  • 7 min read

Lebanon's new government will bolster Hezbollah

Lebanese factions will continue talks today on remaining differences over the new government's...

Lebanon
  • Feb 25, 2014
  • 2 min read

Risk of Israel-Hezbollah conflict will remain low

Israeli planes launched four missile strikes in an area of eastern Lebanon bordering Syria...

Lebanon
  • Feb 19, 2014
  • 2 min read

Insurgency will test new government in Lebanon

At least three people were killed in a reported double suicide bombing near the Iranian Cultural...

Lebanon
  • Feb 17, 2014
  • 6 min read

Power-sharing deal will reduce tensions in Lebanon

Prime Minister Tammam Salam announced the formation of a new government of "national interest" on...

Lebanon
  • Feb 7, 2014
  • 7 min read

Geopolitics fan Sunni-Shia rivalry in the Middle East

The Syrian conflict is increasingly regarded as a proxy war between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi...

Middle East
  • Jan 21, 2014
  • 7 min read

Jihadists pose growing threat to Israel's security

Two rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula reportedly hit Eilat yesterday evening. Three...

Israel
  • Jan 16, 2014
  • 2 min read

New Lebanese government likely despite Hariri trial

The prosecution today reopened the trial of suspects accused of responsibility for the bombing...

Lebanon
  • Jan 6, 2014
  • 7 min read

Syrian refugees pose new risk to Lebanon's stability

Majid al-Majid, leader of the Abdallah Azzam Brigades, the al-Qaida offshoot that claimed...

Lebanon