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A Lebanese army soldier stands guard at the scene where a car bomb went off near a Hezbollah base near the village of Sbouba in the Baalbek region eastern Lebanon, early on Tuesday, December 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Opinion: Occupying Lebanon…legally

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Dec 27, 2013 | Opinion

For many Lebanese, there was nothing new in Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah’s last speech, during a memorial eulogizing a senior Hezbollah commander, Hassan Laqqis. The speech’s tone was sharp, and was accompanied by veiled threats, implying a fait accompli: “Either you obey...

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Lebanese Army commandos sit on the back of a truck in the Abra district of the southern city of Sidon, on June 26, 2013, following 24-hours of clashes that ended two days ago between the Lebanese army and supporters of radical Sunni cleric Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir. (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT.)

Carrying the burden of the Syrian crisis

by Nazeer Rida | Jul 9, 2013 | Features

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Worried about the possible fallout from Syria, the Lebanese military spared no efforts to crush the armed insurgency led by Sunni Sheikh Ahmed Al-Assir; however, it remained heedless to the risks of Hezbollah’s growing embroilment in civil-war...

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In this November 12, 2010 file photo, Hezbollah fighters hold their party flags, as they parade during the opening of new cemetery for colleagues who died in fighting against Israel, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.AP Photo/Hussein Malla

Opinion: What is Hezbollah?

by Fouad Ajami | May 25, 2013 | Opinion

The controversy begins with the name Hezb Allah, Arabic for the Party of God. And the controversy is further deepened by what is implied by the name: the others, the ones who don’t belong to the movement of fire and brimstone, are Hezb al-Shaytan, the Party of Satan....