Lebanon

Iran may call it a day after its token strike at U.S. forces in Iraq—but will its proxy forces?

Carlos Ghosn’s mysterious return to Beirut is met with mixed reactions from a country in protest and peril.

The group’s leader has promised bloody retribution for Suleimani’s death. In reality, he’ll probably have to focus on rebuilding Hezbollah’s standing.

Iran divides and disrupts in the Middle East, but it has a different playbook in Pakistan.

The region is accustomed to cycles of protest and political upheaval, so it’s better not to bank on successful revolutions.

The people want more democracy, even if their leaders want less.

Protesters in Iraq and Lebanon are rising up against Iranian influence, sectarianism, and corruption. The U.S. Congress should offer conditional aid that forces governments to respond to their citizens’ grievances.

The sectarian power-sharing agreement that ended Lebanon's civil war also wrecked its economy and led to widespread protests.

Tehran has long sought to throw its weight around across the region. Now the Islamic Republic is facing a backlash in Iraq, Lebanon, and at home.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy slams the Trump administration for withholding aid to Lebanon.

As Hezbollah sides with Lebanon's political elite, protesters in Beirut are increasingly willing to criticize it.

More and more protesters say the general-turned-president has broken too many promises and must go.

Lebanese protesters are reappropriating roadblocks—long a mark of civil war-era division—as a symbol of unity.

The world marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hezbollah is stuck between the establishment and the protesters, and Palestinian Israelis wield newfound political power.

Safe zones rarely bring security benefits, and the Turkish incursion in northern Syria risks ending the same way as Israel’s disastrous occupation of southern Lebanon.

With ongoing protests, potential sectarian clashes, and threats of terrorism in the region looming, the country’s armed forces need propping up now more than ever.

The Shiite group has to decide whether it is a resistance movement or part of the establishment.

The protests combine political and economic grievances and could bring down the country’s sect-based political order.

Mass protests could put an end to the ethnic clientelism that has empowered corrupt leaders. But demonstrators must stand their ground or risk being co-opted like those who rose up in 2005.

Despite Hariri’s resignation, public anger won’t be easy to soothe.