... pressure of sanctions imposed on the country.
In some cases, Lebanese refugees passing through Syria move to other countries in the Middle East. Particularly, reports indicate that over 11 000 people fled to Iraq after the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon.
The active phase of the war between Israel and Hezbollah has coincided with the severe socio-economic crisis, that the Lebanese Republic has been enduring for several years. This crisis began in 2019 and was exacerbated in 2020 by the adverse economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a ...
... seats and has been targeted by large sectors of the “revolution,” even from within its own constituency. Many are blaming Hezbollah for the delay in the formation of the new government, and the port explosions in Beirut are suspected to be tied to ... ... is increasingly coming under the spotlight. New requests to place the militia under the umbrella of the state and to respect Lebanon’s neutrality have recently been made by a number of authoritative leaders across the board.
This reflects what is probably ...
... Resolve its Regional Issues
On November 4, 2017, Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri announced his resignation on Saudi television. In his speech, Hariri
accused Iran
of spreading discord in the region, motivated by hatred for Arabs, and called Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement “Iran’s arm in Lebanon and other Arab countries” (meaning, of course, Syria).
The Lebanese politician, who holds Saudi citizenship and owns
Saudi Oger
(a construction company that declared bankruptcy in the summer), arrived in ...
..., the SAA was not in a position to reverse the course of the war, “Shiite jihadists” started to emerge in the country during this period. They have since become an integral part of the regime’s armed forces. The most famous of these groups are Lebanon’s Hezbollah and numerous Iraqi groups, such as Liwa al-Zulfiqar and Liwa Asadullah al-Ghalib, which emerged as the followers of the Shiite jihad “pioneers” in Syria from the Iraqi forces –
Liwa Abu Fadl al-Abbas
and a conglomerate of Iraqi Shiite ...
One of the conflicts in the Middle East that remains unresolved is the standoff between Lebanon and Israel. The active involvement of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement in the hostilities in Syria has not only led to the party transforming its domestic and foreign policies, but it has also caused Israel to modify its strategy with regard to threats from the north. The conflict is characterized by hostile ...
... leader of the Al-Mustaqbal party 'Saad Hariri offered the presidency to Suleiman Franjieh, an MP from Zgharta and a leader of Lebanon's Marada party, who made the announcement of the fact on November 25, 2015. The situation is made more poignant by the ... ... "March 14", while Franjieh is a member of the opposing "March 8" block that, apart from Marada, consists of Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (as well as Dashnaktsutyun, the Syrian National Social Party, and others.)
The key event ...
... the Lebanese general public, including top-level church officials (
Al-Monitor
, 22.09.2014
).
In September 2014, the first conference of the Coalition to combat terrorism was convened in Jeddah, and it is not surprising that the representatives of Hezbollah argued against Lebanon’s participation in it most ardently (
Asharq al-Awsat
, 13.09.2014
). Nevertheless, the Lebanese delegation did participate and confirmed the position of the country's leadership: neutrality with regard to the fighting in Syria, but a willingness ...
... while its speaker keeps calling for presidential election sessions, with no quorum obtained.
REUTERS /Jamal Saidi / Pixistream
Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam talks
to the media outside the parliament building in
Downtown Beirut November 5, 2014
... ... political parties and their respective Sunni and Shiite supporters. The dialogue between the Sunni Future movement and Shiite Hezbollah helped reach some understandings but no controversial issues were discussed. Yet, there is no point in engaging in a ...
