Free Patriotic Movement

May 31, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanon Has an Opposition Movement Again

A new coalition could check—or even dislodge—Hezbollah and its iron grip.

May 25, 2022 | Tony Badran |

The Name of the Lebanese Play? The Aristocrats!

The country’s recent election was a masterpiece of counterfactual Kabuki theater—and there wasn’t a dry Western eye in the house

May 14, 2018 | Romany Shaker |

Hezbollah and its Allies Win more than Half the Seats in Lebanon’s Parliament

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared a “great political and moral victory for the resistance”...

November 14, 2016 | David Daoud |

Hezbollah Has Effectively Won the Lebanese Presidency

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to congratulate ...

November 3, 2016 | Tony Badran |

New Lebanese president ‘icing on the cake’ of Hezbollah’s consolidation of power

The Lebanese parliament elected Michael Aoun as its president Oct. 31, ending a two-and-half-year vacuum that threatened to destabilize the highly sectarian country. Aoun, 81, a retired...

March 30, 2016 | David Daoud |

Iran’s Power Play in Lebanon

Lebanon defied its fellow Arab League members this week by rejecting a Saudi-sponsored vote labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The move comes on the heels of Riyadh reversing its decade...

April 8, 2013 | Tony Badran FDD Policy Brief |

Challenges Ahead for Lebanon’s Next Prime Minister

On March 22, the Hezbollah-dominated government of Lebanon collapsed after its Prime Minister, Najib Miqati, resigned. Following consultations with members of parliament, President Michel Suleima...

August 8, 2011 | |

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Summer in the eastern Mediterranean is always hot, wet, and stormy. But in Lebanon, this summer could be bad — even by last year’s standards. The political struggle that has paralyzed...

June 30, 2011 | |

Countering Syria’s Lebanese Power Play

Pity poor Lebanon. Earlier this month, the murderous regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad imposed a government in Beirut dominated by the terrorist group, Hezbollah -- which, as it happens,...

January 13, 2011 | NOW Lebanon |

We Saw It Coming

The resignation of Hezbollah and its allies from the Lebanese government was, in many ways, foreseeable. Hezbollah and Prime Minister Saad Hariri's respective positions on the Special Tribun...

June 16, 2008 | Tony Badran Transatlantic Institute

TAI: Hezbollah’s Dangerous Gamble

 Introduction This past May saw Hezbollah's second coup attempt in as many years. The first was after the 2006 war, when Hezbollah took to the streets with the goal of bringing...

December 6, 2006 | |

A Puzzling Run for President in Lebanon

If you're lucky enough not to be obsessed with Middle East politics, you may be surprised to learn that the keynote speaker at Hezbollah's massive Beirut demonstration last week wa...

June 19, 2005 | |

Lebanon’s Strange Mix

By: Amb. Richard Carlson & Barbara Newman. BEIRUT, Lebanon - The sweeping victory in the third round of the Lebanese parliamentary elections by Gen. Michel...