Mohamad Fawaz | 04 September 2025
On 5 August 2025, the Lebanese cabinet convened at the Presidential Palace in Baabda to debate an agenda item unprecedented in recent years: a state monopoly on arms. The session—chaired by President Joseph Aoun—ended [...]
Mehmet Emin Cengiz | 03 October 2024 | TR
On the night of October 1st, Iran, for the second time, directly attacked Israel with a barrage of ballistic and hypersonic missiles. That said, this attack starkly differed from Tehran’s previous attack that took [...]
Ahmet Yusuf Özdemir | 28 June 2024 | TR
What are Israel’s plans in Gaza after October 7, 2023? When and how will the ongoing genocide in Gaza end? These have been the most important questions after Israel resorted to mass atrocity crimes
Mustafa Yetim | 04 July 2022
While Lebanon has long been divided between the 8 March and 14 March blocs since the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, leading Sunni figure and then Lebanese Prime Minister
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Bekir Aydogan | 17 June 2022
After Lebanese Elections: Another loss for Iran? what stands next for lebanon after key elections Suffering a deep economic crisis with 80 percent of its population living below the poverty line, only 41 percent [...]
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Fatih Kırşanlı | 31 May 2022
Rampant sectarianism, external intervention, corrupt politics, and the legacy of a devastating civil war have all contributed to generating severe political, social, and economic vulnerabilities in Lebanon.
Abdul Basit | 21 April 2022
IRGC-QF Pakistan-Middle East Relations After Imran Khan’s Ouster On April 11, Shahbaz Sharif took oath as Pakistan’s 23rd Prime Minister, following Imran Khan’s removal in the parliament’s vote of no-confidence. Shahbaz [...]
Selman Buyukkara | 01 December 2021 | TR
Fifteen years have passed since Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), which both occupy a central place in Lebanon’s sectarian political system, signed a Memorandum of Understanding and formed the political alliance currently governing Lebanon. These two parties, which were ideologically and politically opposed
Khaldoun El Charif | 05 May 2021
What Awaits Lebanon 100 Days after Biden’s Inauguration? The region is witnessing unusual diplomatic activity: Vienna talks between the United States and Iran serve as the headline. The “negotiation kit” is employed in parallel [...]
Mona Alami | 11 December 2020
The Israel and Gulf countries’ normalization leaves Lebanon, already isolated, further marginalized at the regional level. Lebanon’s continuous domination by Hezbollah means that the country will be increasingly viewed as a growing security concern for Arab countries in the wake of the Abrahams accords, which will allow for more direct and covert coordination between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.
