Michel Aoun

Helping Iran fail in Iraq

Hours after the failed Nov. 7 assassination attempt on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi, pro-Iran militias in Iraq claimed responsibility but denied that Tehran had ordered the attack. Not only...

Lebanon’s Army doesn’t deserve aid unless it is reformed

For the US to pretend that the Lebanese army is worth bankrolling, but not the rest of the Lebanese bureaucracy, is intellectual laziness.

Lebanon’s New Hezbollah Government

After a year of political bickering among Lebanon’s sectarian chieftains, Hezbollah determined that the time had come for a new government to arise. By now, it should be clear to all observers that...

If Plans Work, Lebanon Will Get Gas from Egypt for Electricity. But It Will Be Syria that Wins

While parties in Lebanon and the government of Syria celebrated a plan for pumping Egyptian gas to Lebanon, depicting it as a victory against their imperial enemies, first and foremost America, the plan...

Lebanon-Egypt gas wild theories unfounded: US plan is pro-Iran, pro-Hezbollah

The US ambassador to Lebanon, Dorothy Shea, confirmed recently that the Biden administration is facilitating the export of Egyptian natural gas and Jordanian surplus electricity to Hezbollah-controlled...

Sanctioned Hezbollah Security Chief Works Closely with Lebanese Authorities

The Treasury Department designated Hezbollah security chief Wafiq Safa on Tuesday, along with two Hezbollah...

Iran Releases a U.S. Resident Taken Hostage

Tehran on June 11 freed...

Lebanese Government in Denial about Illicit Imports of Iranian Steel

Despite consistent reports from local media that Iranian steel is flooding the Leb...

New Government Demonstrates Hezbollah’s Dominance of Lebanon

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”...

Distinction between Hezbollah and the “Lebanese State” now Meaningless

At the conclusion of President Trump’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and the Saudis issued a...

Hezbollah Tests Lebanon’s Limits with “Drug Raid”

Armed, masked Hezbollah units carried out an unprecedented police raid Friday night in the Dahiyeh, the extremist group&rsq...

Lebanon’s New Army Chief has History of Coordination with Hezbollah

Lebanon’s new cabinet announced Staff Brigadier General Joseph...

Lebanon’s Armed Forces and Hezbollah Increasingly Intertwined

General Joseph Votel of U.S. Central Command reportedly visited Leban...