Posted in Michael Young, Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
From Michael Young
This report of the return of Samir Quntar to his home village of Abay on Thursday is how you would expect a news story like this one to play in a foreign media outlet. (If you do not see an embedded clip, click here.)
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Posted in David Schenker, Andrew Exum, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Military on Jul 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
From David Schenker
A lot of people have asked me lately about U.S. funding of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The current interest in U.S. assistance to the LAF comes as little surprise: Congress is currently reviewing the FY09 budget, which is said to include a significant aid package for the LAF.
From 2005 to 2008, the […]
Posted in Lebanon, Maps on Jun 30th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
This map of Lebanon, prepared by Lebanon-Support, seeks to identify areas of “vulnerability” within Lebanon—what might best be described as potential flash points—as of June 2008. The map’s authors describe the map’s layers in these terms:
Political layer, displaying the electoral weight of the opposition and “loyalists” in each of the electoral districts of […]
Posted in Lebanon, Maps on Jun 10th, 2008 No Comments »
From MESH Admin
The clashes in Lebanon last month revealed the underlying fault lines within the country. These two maps, prepared by Lebanon-Support, are useful references to where they run.
Posted in Lebanon, Syria, Malik Mufti, Steven A. Cook, Hezbollah, Jon Alterman, Geopolitics, Turkey, Israel, Palestinians, Iran on Jun 6th, 2008 4 Comments »
From Jon Alterman
A funny thing has happened in the Middle East: virtually all of the government opposition to the United States has gone away. After almost a half-century of Cold War battles to protect oil fields, deny Soviet access to warm-water ports, and commit hundreds of billions of dollars in aid, the number of Middle […]
Posted in Tamara Cofman Wittes, Syria, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Israel, Iran on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
From Tamara Cofman Wittes
A Lebanese friend of mine made a close study of the new deal announced today in Doha between Lebanese factions, and didn’t think it was so bad. He argued to me that the deal effectively forbids Hezbollah from using its cabinet representation as a veto on government decisions, and that the electoral […]
Posted in Philip Carl Salzman, Lebanon, Terrorism, Culture on May 11th, 2008 No Comments »
From Philip Carl Salzman
After modest initiatives in recent days by the Lebanese government to restrict the independent operations of Hezbollah, fighters of Hezbollah and Amal flooded into the streets of west Beirut, attacked and dispersed government fighters, set up road blocks, and occupied government and media offices. The Druze and Christian militias did not act, […]
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