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The Lebanese Catch-22: Squeezed between Iran and Saudi Arabia

Middle East
ebanon’s agony was compounded over the past few weeks as a result of statements made by the country’s newly appointed minister of information, George Cordahi, in a prerecorded online media interview that saw the light on September 10, 2021, but which was filmed in August 2021 and released after Cordahi was appointed in Najib Mikati’s government on September 10.

On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance: Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban?

Opinion
However, unlike al-Qaeda and ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Taliban are not trans-border militant groups fighting a global agenda, but national liberation movements which, despite their emphasis on religious discourses, are political actors with specific political objectives confined largely within the borders of their own countries - Palestine, Lebanon and Afghanistan, respectively.

Russia in the Middle East: From Arms to Mercenaries

Opinion
The Kremlin seeks to bolster its position by playing the contradictions card and making the most of the lack of concordance among traditional allies; by gaining a firmer foothold in the countries at the apex of the crisis - Syria, Lebanon, Iraq; or by mediating the overdue policy to diversify political ties.