by Tyler | Aug 25, 2020 | Beirut, Beirut explosion, Hezbollah, Israel / Middle East, Lebanon, National Security, Trending
The German newspaper Der Spiegel published a report this weekend claiming that the ship suspected of bringing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate to the Port of Beirut in 2013 had ties to a bank involved in laundering money for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed...
by Tyler | Aug 16, 2020 | Beirut, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel / Middle East, Lebanon, National Security, Trending, Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Analysis of the historic peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tends to focus on Iran and Turkey as the big losers. They were certainly the loudest complainers.
by Tyler | Aug 7, 2020 | Beirut, Beirut explosion, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel / Middle East, Lebanon, National Security, Politics, Trending, U.S.
The U.S. “should lift sanctions imposed against Lebanese people” following the port explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
by Tyler | Dec 3, 2019 | Israel / Middle East, Lebanon, military aid, National Security, Politics, Trending
(AP) — The Trump administration has quietly released more than $100 million in military assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delay.
by Tyler | Nov 21, 2019 | David Hale, impeachment, impeachment inquiry, John Ratcliffe, Lebanon, National Security, Politics, Trending, Ukraine
David Hale confirmed that aid to Lebanon was held up at the same time, and in the same way, as aid to Ukraine.
by Tyler | Oct 21, 2019 | Hezbollah, Iran, Israel / Middle East, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Lebanon, National Security, Politics, Trending
With anti-establishment protests rocking his country, Walid Jumblatt, the longtime leader of Lebanon’s Druze community, said he supports dialogue with the protesters and the enactment of “appropriate economic reform.”
