The Soufan Center notes Israel and the government of Lebanon are expanding direct talks to include a military “track,” even as Beirut refuses to order its armed forces to confront Hezbollah. The
Lebanon has formally abolished the death penalty, marking a significant legal and human rights shift in the Middle East after more than two decades in which executions had effectively been suspended but
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Lebanon has become a central arena in the intensifying struggle between two competing visions for the Middle East. On one side is a United States-led strategy aimed at integrating the region more
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United States President Donald Trump said he would be willing to speak with Hezbollah if requested by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, marking a notable statement as Washington seeks to advance a peace
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The fragile pause in fighting has opened the way for thousands of displaced Lebanese to return to the country’s southern border region, but the homecoming has unfolded in landscapes marked by destruction
More A new diplomatic architecture has emerged in the Middle East following the signing of a Trilateral Framework Agreement between Israel, Lebanon, and the United States, a pact designed to reshape security arrangements
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In the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahiye, war has become less an event than a condition of daily life. As described in reporting by El País, the densely populated district
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Residents of southern Lebanon are facing escalating insecurity and economic disruption as ongoing conflict involving Israel and Hezbollah continues to devastate border communities, with Christian populations among those most directly affected by
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There are moments in history when words lose their meaning. Not because dictionaries are rewritten, nor because language itself changes, but because political power empties words of the realities they once described.
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The intensifying conflict in Lebanon is rapidly evolving into a central fault line in Middle Eastern geopolitics, with far-reaching consequences for regional stability and global energy security. According to an editorial published
More The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has entered a new phase of political and military tension after US President Donald Trump reportedly intervened to halt further Israeli strikes on Beirut.
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