Hanna Saleh

All indicators suggest the region is on the precipice of a wide-scale war that will compound losses and tragedies. The Americans have tightened the naval blockade, initiated steps to impose a land blockade and close the Caspian Sea, and resumed the destruction of air defenses established by Tehran…

Has the deadlock become absolute? Iranian arrogance is accelerating the pace of a return to war. The United States is intensifying its transfers of military assets to the region, and pending the arrival of a third aircraft carrier, the number will rise to around 60,000. CENTCOM Commander Admiral…

What is happening inside the area beyond the so-called “Yellow Line” in southern Lebanon? The question resurfaced when Israel conducted early voting for soldiers deep inside the occupied area of southern Lebanon. The Israeli command selected the city of Bint Jbeil and the town of Zawtar al…

Fifty Iranian oil tankers loaded with millions of barrels of oil are unable to leave Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf. Dozens of Iranian tankers are lined up on the open sea off the coasts of India and Sri Lanka, finding no port to receive them and unable to return, because of the tightened…

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's visit to Washington was crucial. In all of its meetings, the Lebanese delegation found that the American side was well informed about developments in the Land of the Cedars: governmental decisions, institutional performance and conduct, as well as the slow pace…

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the Lebanese people, “after paying the highest price in terms of their stability and security, have chosen the state,” which has linked the twin priorities of “Israeli withdrawal and the removal of illegal…

After a suffocating siege and a gradual encroachment, strategically placed Ali al-Taher ridge has fallen, in what appears to be timing that serves the electoral interests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. From the outset, it was evident that the fate of the Imad 4 tunnels would be no…

The disaster of the "Gaza support war" reached its peak when Hezbollah’s military media launched a propaganda campaign on August 16, 2024, titled "Our Mountains Are Our Storehouses," featuring a video of the fortified "Imad 4" underground military facility. The footage showed deep tunnels carved…

Today, August 4, marks six years since the explosion that devastated the Port of Beirut. It reduced the heart of the city to ashes, caused immense destruction, and killed hundreds. The tragedy placed justice at the front of every demand made by the capital and its people. Yet despite a series of…

The Washington summit between President Donald Trump and President Joseph Aoun reaffirmed Lebanon’s path toward independence after decades of occupation and subordination to an axis of destruction that exacted a staggering toll: mass killing, systematic devastation on the scale of more than one…