In the Lebanese crisis, or what some call the Lebanese question, the malfunction does not end with the failure to develop solutions. Rather, it goes further, as it is almost impossible to understand the actions of the political forces in the country, especially those opposed to Hezbollah and the…

The Saudi-Iranian agreement to reestablish diplomatic ties and avoid interfering in the domestic affairs of regional states, heralded the cooling of tensions and conflicts in the Middle East, creating an air of optimism. However, it seems that the region continues to emit destabilizing vibrations. …

Although it was the most serious incident since the 2006 war, the April 7 missile attack on Israel from South Lebanon did not warrant the attention it garnered. Missiles have been being fired at Israel, and it has been retaliating, since the 1970s, after Lebanon signed the Cairo Agreement of 1969…

A series of consequential events that rarely occur simultaneously unfolded last week. The most interesting, though also the least significant, was US President Donald Trump’s arraignment in a Manhattan courtroom over hush-money payments to pornographic actress Stormy Daniels. Alleged to have used…

The Saudi-Iranian agreement will remain the region’s most prominent development for a long time. China’s involvement in this thorny matter, which saw Beijing become a sponsor and guarantor of the agreement, adds to its significance. The role China played affirms its growing influence in the…

We are seeing contradictory indications regarding the trajectory region’s multiple crises. Some are positive and optimistic, while others are negative and pessimistic. This is strengthening ambivalence and complicating projections about the future. On the one hand, we have seen signs of Arab…

The first edition of the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990, after the Syrian army entered the Baabda Palace and ministry of defense, with General Michel Aoun, the country’s prime minister at the time, fleeing to the French Embassy. February 14, the day Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was…

Two amending annexes to the two gas exploration and production agreements in Lebanese waters were signed over the past month, Qatar Energy entered a partnership with the French company TotalEnergies and the Italian petroleum company Eni. A mere few hundred meters away from the place where the…

President Joe Biden performed better than expected in the Midterms, which pollsters had predicted Democrats would lose. Despite the failures of his first two years in office, with the country in an economic downturn, inflation rising to 8 percent, and fuel prices increasing. And the economy…