by Caroline Akoum | May 14, 2016 | Middle East
Beirut- The Lebanese government is facing two choices, either to commit to the U.S. sanctions against the so-called Hezbollah or expose the country to full-scale sanctions that might threaten its banking system. The cabinet tried to cause the least damage possible...
by Sam Bahour | Jun 8, 2013 | Opinion
After US support for Israel, the main reason why the military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip continues is that the Europeans have reduced themselves to a subservient role in the Middle East Peace Process. Europeans have underwritten the cost of Israel’s...
by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | May 24, 2013 | Middle East
Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—US secretary of state John Kerry is pushing to restart the Palestinian–Israeli peace negotiations as early as next month, a Palestinian source informed Asharq Al-Awsat. Kerry met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah...
