Future Movement

October 24, 2024 | David Daoud |

Explaining UNSC Resolution 1701 and its relation to Resolution 1559

A specious argument fueled by DC-based Lebanese activists is gaining traction. It alleges that UN Security Council Resolution 1559 (2004) takes a stronger stance against Hezbollah than its successor, Resolution...

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 ...

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...

June 15, 2011 | Dr. Walid Phares World Defense Review |

The Nasrallah speech: Hezbollah ruled, the West is fooled

In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's stra...

August 13, 2008 | Tony Badran Across The Bay |

Assad’s Reminder

NOW's editorial this morning on the terrorist bombing in Tripoli is worth quoting at length:...

June 1, 2008 | Dr. Walid Phares World Defense Review |

The Nasrallah Speech: Hezbollah Ruled, the West is Fooled

In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's stra...

June 24, 2007 | Michael I. Krauss The American Thinker

Hezbollah, Hamas, and Humanitarians

While most Middle East watchers know about the takeover of Gaza by Hamas and its transformation into the terrorist enclave of "Hamastan," readers of the mainstream press might be surprised to lea...

January 31, 2006 | Mideast Monitor |

Saudi-Syrian Relations after Hariri

Tony Badran is a PhD candidate in Ancient Near Eastern studies at New York University. He is also a Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, with a particular focus on Lebanes...