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Druze clerics from the Golan Heights watch the fighting near the Druze village of Hadar on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, 20 June 2015, during a fight with Syrian Nusra Front (JAN) fighters following the killing of some twenty Druze by Islamic opposition groups in Syria’s north. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

Opinion: Fear for the Druze—or for Assad?

by Diana Moukalled | Jun 23, 2015 | Opinion

Lebanese politician Wiam Wahab’s recent warning regarding the possibility of the Druze seeking refuge in Israel to escape the takfirist threat did not provoke the ire of the anti-Israel resistance ranks, whether on the media or the political level. Wahab, who has...

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In this April 30, 2013, file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Opinion: What does Obama know about Takfirists?

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Jul 18, 2013 | Opinion

With everybody preoccupied with attempts to understand the dimensions of the Syrian conflict, it might be useful for those monitoring the situation there to view it from the Lebanese perspective. It is true that the Lebanese political arena is like a dark labyrinth...

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A supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, flashes the victory sign as he stands in front of Egyptian army stand guard around the Republican Guard building in Nasser City, Cairo, on Monday, July 8, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra

Opinion: The Algerian Nightmare in Egypt

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jul 9, 2013 | Opinion

Following the nationwide mass protests against Mursi that led to his ouster, the message coming from the Muslim Brotherhood was one of violence. Last week’s scenes of death, chaos and fires in parts of Egypt were reminiscent of Algeria in 1992, following the...

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Joseph Eid/AFP/GettyImages

Opinion: Nasrallah, patron of the Shi’ite highway

by Eyad Abu Shakra | May 30, 2013 | Opinion

Regardless of whether the supporters of political Shi’ism in Lebanon and the Middle East really believe in what the Hezbollah leaders term the “resistance project” or if the whole thing is nothing more than Iran’s grand regional project; what is happening on the...

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A Lebanese boy wearing a military uniform and holding a toy rifle attends a rally commemorating “Liberation Day,” in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon. (AP)

Opinion: Will Nasrallah invite Assad to Beirut?

by Tariq Alhomayed | May 28, 2013 | Opinion

If you think the title of this piece is ironic, you are mistaken. Following a speech by the leader of Hezbollah on Saturday evening, Hassan Nasrallah is now protecting Bashar Al-Assad—not the other way around. Nasrallah’s speech was a complete coup against the...