List of Lebanon articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russia Asks Lebanon to Close Its Airspace
The announcement potentially signals a new phase in Moscow's air war in Syria.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Got It Right on the Islamic State
The United States can't defeat the jihadist group — it can only hope to contain it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Syria’s Speed Freaks, Jihad Junkies, and Captagon Cartels
The chaos of the war against Bashar al-Assad is fueling the rise of a dangerous, new super-amphetamine across the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ahead of Vienna Summit, Islamic State Militants Attack Beirut
Days before world leaders are set to gather in Vienna to discuss a solution to the crisis in Syria, Islamic State militants launched suicide attacks in Beirut.
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BEDFORD, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: A re-enactor's armour is removed after a display on the first day of the 'St George's Festival' at the English Heritage's Wrest Park estate on April 26, 2014 near Bedford, England. 'St George's Festival' at Wrest Park takes place on April 26 and 27, 2014 and features reenactments of various eras of British history from medieval times to the First World War. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 That Time Reagan Explained Away the Murder of Americans Abroad With an Analogy About Kitchen Repairs
Watching Hillary Clinton’s grueling Benghazi testimony, it’s amazing how far the United States has come in facing — and fearing — threats to national security from the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘The Smugglers Are Vampires’
Death is everywhere in the impoverished, violent corners of Lebanon — but refugees who try to seek a better life in Europe often find themselves robbed blind or facing death at sea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Rocks in Lebanon Have Eyes
The Lebanese armed forces have destroyed a spying device after discovering it in southern Lebanon, disguised as a rock.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 ‘If They Want Me, They Will Call Me’
Riad Salameh, the governor of Lebanon’s central bank and mooted presidential candidate, sits down with Foreign Policy to talk political protests and the economic impact of the Syrian war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Could Trash Talk Bring Iran and Saudi Arabia Together?
A modest proposal for how Lebanon’s garbage could bring an end to the fiercest rivalry in the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Map Shows Why a Syrian Cease-fire Might Not Be as Good as It Seems
A cease-fire quiets the fighting in three Syrian towns, but does little to change the war's trajectory.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 There’s Something Rotten in Lebanon
And it’s not just the fetid mountains of trash in the streets.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Read the Departing U.K. Ambassador in Beirut’s Funny, Touching Farewell to Lebanon
Tom Fletcher says goodbye to all that.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will Curbing Iran’s Nuclear Threat Boost Its Proxies?
Tehran's allies in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen could reap the benefits of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Keeping Iran’s Feet to the Fire
The Obama administration has promised to counter Iran’s menacing behavior across the Middle East. Here's how it can reassure its anxious allies, and stop Tehran from using its cash windfall to fund terrorism.
