Funding Violence with Drugs: The Cases of Hezbollah and the PKK
Hezbollah and the PKK use black market relations and criminal networks to receive huge amounts of easy money.
Hezbollah and the PKK use black market relations and criminal networks to receive huge amounts of easy money.
Will Israel and Lebanon finally settle their maritime border dispute? There are positive signs; yet, it may still be too…
Although Iran’s short-term expectations from its proxies were mostly military, there has been a strong political dimension since from the…
Saad Hariri is no longer the man for the job.
Two major incidents exemplified Riyadh’s waning influence and Lebanon’s break from its traditional foreign policy positioning.
Iran’s proxies are not only active in the “Shia Crescent” stretching from Iran to the Mediterranean Sea, but they also…
The politicization of the Beirut blast probe has polarized public opinion, exacerbated the public debate and led to sectarian clashes.
The resulting victory of the Taliban will extend well beyond the borders of Afghanistan.
The specter of civil war is always looming over Lebanon, but, this time, the international community is not interested in…
While Iran still seeks to exploit the Palestinian cause for its benefit, there is increasingly dwindling interest in the Arab…
Russia sends clear messages to Iran, Israel, and the United States that it is the only country capable of securing…
Why would Hezbollah, a Lebanese group, spy on the US for Iran?
This might be another chapter in Hezbollah’s ongoing drive to dominate Lebanon.
Hariri said he was ready to stay on as prime minister but would resign again if Iran and Hezbollah did…
Hariri’s resignation announcement put Lebanon into a state of uncertainty and had the potential to submerge the country in Middle…
“Today I presented my resignation to the president and he urged me to hold onto it for more dialogue about…
Saad Hariri was forced to read a written speech in advance. He denounced Iran’s hold on Lebanon, Hezbollah’s weight and…
Obviously, peace talks, whether held in Geneva or Astana, will bolster the truce in the near future, so in a…
The civil war will not end in Syria after the fall of Aleppo, but the relationship between local actors and…
Pro-sectarian politics is one of the most important obstacles to the development of a politics of cooperation in the Middle…
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