Israel and Lebanon today held a third round of U.S.-mediated talks over their disputed border in the Mediterranean Sea, that has held up hydrocarbon exploration in the potentially gas-rich area.…
Veteran politician Saad al-Hariri was appointed Lebanon’s Prime Minister for the fourth time. The 50 year-old Sunni leader stepped down from the post almost exactly a year ago amid mass…
By Dr. Joshua Krasna The talks suggest that when common interests exist, Israel can engage beneficially and pragmatically even with enemies, resulting in de-escalation and mutual benefit. Background On October…
By Dr. Aiman Mansour and Colonel (Res.) Dr. Eran Lerman The current political situation in Lebanon is very problematic. Hizbullah enjoys full freedom of action in a country which long…
Hezbollah has declared that Lebanon’s agreement to negotiate maritime borders with Israel is “is not connected to” achieving peace between the two nations, which maintain a formal state of war.…
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a framework for talks to end the longtime dispute over borders to be mediated by the United States. The two countries are still in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group of storing weapons near a gas company in the residential Beirut neighborhood of Jnah. During his annual speech…
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-Designate Mustapha Adib rendered his resignation even before taking office, after being unable to form a government of specialists to implement critically-needed reform. After saying he was “doomed…
A weapons cache belonging to the Iranian-proxy Hezbollah exploded in a populated area of Lebanon, at the pre-dominantly Shi’ite Muslim village of Ain-Qana. Security officials reported that at least 7…
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi is warning that Hezbollah is rapidly growing into a terror army that effectively leaves the Lebanese government hollow of any influence in…