To Beat ISIS, Kick Out US-Led Coalition

Read this article in French and Turkish too. It has been a bad week or two for foes of ISIS. The Continue reading →

An Obituary on Lebanon’s ‘Cedar Revolution’

Ten years ago this week, one million Lebanese – a quarter of Lebanon’s population – congregated in downtown Beirut at Continue reading →

Coalition of the Clueless

The airwaves are still heaving with spin two days after US airstrikes against Syria. Undoubtedly the attacks were timed to Continue reading →

There is no ‘middle’ in the Middle East today (Interview)

I was recently interviewed by a new European online publication called we-magazine that has rolled out an issue on the Continue reading →

Source: Syria and Hezbollah Will Hit Israel if US Strikes

Informed insiders have confirmed that Syria and Hezbollah plan to retaliate against Israel in the event of an American-led military Continue reading →

“Bandar ibn Israel”

The recent acts of political violence in the Middle East’s Levant are not unrelated. Car bombings in the predominantly Shia Continue reading →

Why Western media frames civilian areas as “Hezbollah strongholds”

Beirut was thrown into turmoil on Thursday evening as a terrorist attack against residents of Dahiyeh – a southern suburb Continue reading →

Lebanon’s Red Lines, Bared

By Sharmine Narwani What a difference a week can make in the Middle East. On October 19, when a car Continue reading →