Lebanon is focusing on the demarcation of its maritime borders with Israel in order to harvest its underwater oil and gas resources at a time when the country is facing a severe financial crisis.
The two countries have been officially at war since (...)
Few saw coming, but Samir Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces (LF), has finally given his support to the presidential bid by General Michel Aoun, leader of the Change and Reform Bloc. The sudden turnaround has wrong-footed allies and confused (...)
Across Lebanon's normally divided political spectrum, there is one point of agreement: everything must be done to strengthen the Lebanese army, especially in the face of increased jihadist threats.
Pockets of hardline Islamists are still holed up in (...)
Seeking to retaliate against Israel for its recent strike on one of its convoys, the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah may take military action across the Golan Heights rather than Lebanon's southern borders, experts say.
Almost ten days after an air (...)
As though they had not suffered enough from machine gun and missile fire, one of the coldest and bitterest blizzards in living memory has turned the lives of displaced persons in Syria and neighbouring states into an unmitigated hell.
In Lebanon, (...)
Suicide bombers ended months of calm in Tripoli, Lebanon's second-largest city, on Saturday when two men wearing explosive vests blew themselves up in a cafe in the predominantly Shiite neighbourhood of Jebel Moshin. Nine people were killed and (...)
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group may be retreating in Iraq, failing in Kobani in Syria, and being disrupted by the continual air strikes carried out by the US-led international coalition. But it is still holding its ground in the rugged (...)
Lebanon saw out 2013 at a heightened pitch of political and security tension, what with the assassination of Future Movement politician and former finance minister Mohamed Shatah, attempts to ignite the southern front as a result of missiles fired (...)
gunmen braced for a possible battle with the Lebanese army, the city held its breath, fearing a renewal of the sectarian fighting that pitted two Alawite and Sunni neighbourhoods in the city, Jabal Mohsen and Bab Al-Tabbanah, against one (...)
The double-bombing of the Iranian embassy in Beirut on 19 November has aggravated political tensions in Lebanon. Although all factions strongly condemned the incident, it triggered recriminations between the two chief political camps: the (...)
Libya is the missing link in the Mali war and last month's assault by Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants against the In Amenas gas field in southern Algeria.
The assault nearly precipitated a diplomatic crisis between the post-revolutionary Libyan (...)
Despite the lack of media coverage, in a few days Libya is due to go to the polls in elections that hold all the keys to the country's future, writes Hassan Fathy Al-Qashawi
In spite of all obstacles, preparations for the elections of the Libyan (...)
Action has to be taken if Libya is to step back from the brink and not collapse entirely, becoming another Somalia, writes Hassan Fathi Al-Qashawi
Libya continues to reel several months since the Gaddafi regime fell. The National Transitional (...)
The danger of secession of the oil-rich eastern Libya threatens not only the rest of Libya, but Egypt, says Hassan Al-Qashawi
The declaration by a group of tribal and political leaders in eastern Libya of the establishment of an autonomous region in (...)