Walid Jumblatt

October 22, 2024 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Israel Is Hurting Hezbollah. But It Can’t Rely on Lebanon to Finish the Job

The Iranian-backed group has deep popular roots, and its degradation or elimination will have to rest equally on military defeat coupled with political and social pressure

October 11, 2024 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Time for Berri to lead Lebanon’s Shiites away from Iran

With Hassan Nasrallah gone, Hezbollah reeling and Iran’s grip weakening, the Lebanese have started crawling out of the woodwork. On Monday, a few oligarchs and a bloc of 31 lawmakers, out of 128, called...

October 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Lebanon’s leadership vacuum threatens to prolong Israel-Hezbollah war

Hezbollah, although it only has a handful of seats in parliament, has deep control over Lebanon. Part of this is that they stockpiled so many weapons that it is stronger than the state of Lebanon.

July 28, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Lebanon, Hezbollah run from responsibility for Majdal Shams massacre

In a rare move, Hezbollah and Lebanese officials deny involvement in the Majdal Shams child massacre, spreading misinformation to avoid backlash as evidence mounts against them.

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

August 29, 2021 | Tony Badran |

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...

October 6, 2015 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

Druze Clues

Co-written by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi The market for extremism has been so disrupted by the self-proclaimed Islamic State (also known as ISIS) and its penchant for extraordinary...

June 18, 2015 | Tony Badran |

Assad Wants the Druze for Cannon Fodder

Apologists for the Assad regime and its dupes in the West claim the regime is the protector of minorities. Nowhere is it more evident that this is a fallacy than in southern Syria, where the regi...

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...

October 26, 2012 | Tony Badran |

Who Killed Wissam al-Hassan?

Who killed Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan? Following the assassination last Friday, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt blamed Syrian...

May 15, 2012 | |

A Talk with Samir Geagea, Head of the Lebanese Forces

Maarab, Lebanon Samir Geagea is reluctant to speak much of the attem...

March 5, 2012 | Tony Badran NOW Lebanon |

Moscow’s Interests in Assad

With the Obama administration adamantly opposed to integrating a military component into its Syria policy, the debate on what to do next continues to revolve around possible diplomatic options. I...

March 2, 2012 | Lee Smith The Weekly Standard |

Total Collapse

A number of recent articles make the case that...

January 20, 2012 | Tony Badran |

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...

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,...

July 13, 2010 | |

The Islamic Revolution Is Still Alive

The recent tension in South Lebanon, choreographed by Hezbollah against UNIFIL under the guise of spontaneous protests by villagers, has been used by the party to reassert its equation of “...

April 7, 2010 | |

Born-Again “Resister”

Walid Jumblatt returned from his long-awaited visit to Syria last week a born-again “resister.” Completing the retreat from his previously-held positions, Jumblatt has adopted wholesa...

February 17, 2010 | Global Post |

Assad On Top Of The World

Five years ago, Rafik al-Hariri - the billionaire Lebanese businessman-turned-politician who was prime minister on and off until September 2004 when he joined the opposition to Syria - was murder...

July 19, 2008 | Tony Badran Across The Bay |

Quntar: Hezbollah’s Version of Wiam Wahhab

Over at MESH, Michael Young explains the Druze politics, and Hezbollah's attempts to penetrate them, th...