Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was in Washington this week for talks with Trump on the US-brokered framework agreement and Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
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Israel launched its most intensive wave of airstrikes on Lebanon in more than forty years this week, taking the death toll to nearly two thousand people, with more than a million displaced.
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Leaders of the Syrian province of Suwayda are continuing to demand local autonomy despite the refusal of the central government.
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Israel is continuing to violate the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and is conditioning its pullout on the disarmament of Hizbullah.
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Syria’s new government will have to deal with the challenges of rebuilding the country and its political future after the fall of the regime led by former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad,
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Reassuring messages from the new authorities in Syria have not allayed fears of partitionist agendas that could leave the country divided into three or more statelets
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Syria stands on the threshold of uncharted territory following the fall of the regime led by former Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad and the coming to power of armed opposition groups.
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As the battle over the northern Syrian city of Aleppo reshuffles military alliances in the region, new pressure is being put on the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, writes Rabha Allam
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Amid Israeli bombardment and military pressure on Lebanon, the visit of US envoy Hochstein signals an urgent push for a ceasefire, but with significant geopolitical ramifications.
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The run-up to this week’s US presidential elections saw further failed US attempts to mediate a ceasefire in the Israeli war on Lebanon.
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Rabha Allam outlines the current state of Hizbullah
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Rabha Allam reviews the recent history of exchanges between Israel and Hizbullah up until Israel’s assassination of the group’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah last week
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The Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah is fighting for survival following Israel’s assassination of its long-standing Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, writes Rabha Allam
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Israel’s massive air strikes against Lebanon this week have brought the prospect of a wider regional war one step closer.
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Israel is continuing its threats against Lebanon despite the danger of dragging the region into a full-scale war, writes Rabha Allam
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Hizbullah and Israel are keen to de-escalate tensions along the border.
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Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has vowed retaliation for Israel’s assassination of his military commander Fouad Shukr, while giving few clues as to what form that response could take, writes Rabha Allam
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The Syrian Druze population of Majdal Shams in the Occupied Golan Heights has refused to let last week’s tragedy be used by Israel in its attempts to extend the war, writes Rabha Allam
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Is a military confrontation between the Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah and Israel now inevitable, asks Rabha Allam
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Leaping to the foreground of the escalating tensions surrounding Iran’s retaliatory strike against Israel and the latter’s response is Hizbullah’s role, reports Rabha Allam
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