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
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French payment firm closes Nazi account with Hezbollah, Assad and BDS ties
The Third Way wrote on its website: “What every person can do against the Zionist genocide.” The neo-Nazi group supports the BDS movement against the Jewish state.
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Exclusive: PayPal Closes Nazi Party Account Linked to Hezbollah, Assad, BDS
A range of German and American politicians over the years have urged PayPal to terminate the The Third Way account.
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American Policy in Lebanon Isn’t Policy. It’s Poetry.
The commander of Lebanon’s Armed Forces (LAF), General Joseph Aoun, was in Washington on an official ...
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Lebanese PM Saad Hariri Joins With Hezbollah to Con Donald Trump
The day after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri met ...
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PayPal Probes Neo-Nazi Account Supportive of Holocaust Denier, Hezbollah
PayPal launched an investigation last week into its account with a neo-Nazi organization that is pro-Hezbollah, pro-Assad and also supports a convicted Holocaust denier. In response to a...
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German Neo-Nazi Party Builds Alliance with Assad and Hezbollah
Stronger alliances are growing between the German neo-Nazi party Der Dritte Weg and the Assad regime, as well as the Syrian dictator’s strategic partner Hezbollah in Lebanon. The w...
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Who Killed Wissam al-Hassan?
Who killed Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan? Following the assassination last Friday, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt blamed Syrian...
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A Thorn in the Lion’s Paw
The politics of the Druze in the Syrian revolution have witnessed serious developments over the last couple of months, as evidenced by the escalation in the rhetoric of Lebanese Druze leader Wali...
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Lebanon’s Militia Wars
Lebanon's civil war was a complex, multisided battle whose implications still shape the country's politics today. This article analyzes the forces involved domestically and the course o...
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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...
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Hezbollah Offensive in Lebanon: Days One, Two, and Three
DAY ONE After serious warnings delivered by Hezbollah secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah since early November, the generalized offensive to bring down the Cedars Revol...
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Syria’s Secret War
By: Dr. Walid Phares. Officially, Syria is making plans to pull back its occupying forces from Lebanon. But according to sources inside the “Cedar Revolution,” the g...