By blaming Israel for the Hariri assasination, Nasrallah is winning the propaganda war.
Israel's surrounding neighbors are not the kind you'd ask for a cup of sugar. See the sad tale of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
The fighting may be over, but conflict in Lebanon is still going strong. Two experts discuss proxy wars and regional ramifications of the crisis.
As the president embarks upon his trip to the Middle East, the administration’s latest regional initiative is threatening to collapse under its own weight—only months after it debuted with great fanfare at Annapolis.
Are we merely waiting for a casus belli in the Levant this summer?
Like Hizballah, the Mahdi Army will retain its military wing so long as the state cannot ensure security. That will guarantee that Iraq does not become a safe haven for Al-Qaeda, which is no match for the Mahdi Army.
Just as the Lebanese must adjust to a severely altered landscape within their country, the United States must also adapt to the Middle East's transformed geopolitical landscape.
Olmert's weapon certainly did cause massive destruction in Lebanon, and with noted precision, wreaked havoc upon its return to sender.
The summer war erupted and escalated due to the miscalculations of its protagonists, Nasrallah and Olmert-weakening both. It shifted the focus from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to confronting a "quartet of extremism."