Content tagged with “Israel”
If Lebanon hopes to leverage the true potential of the undiscovered natural gas reserves in its Eastern Mediterranean waters, then time is of the essence for it to settle the legal, political, and...
Tags: gas, Lebanon, resources, Israel, Cyprus While the previous two presidential debates focused primarily on domestic issues, Monday night’s final debate will spotlight foreign policy and national security exclusively. The potential topics to...
Tags: Election 2012, Iran, China, Russia, Afghanistan, Israel, Defense Budget, al-Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Middle East, Partners for a New Beginning As violence in neighboring Syria escalates, many observers are left wondering whether Syria will put to effect its threat to use chemical weapons, and further to that, whether those weapons will find...
Tags: War, Iran, Hezbollah, Israel, Bulgaria, chemical weapons The discovery of oil and gas reserves off the Mediterranean shore may prove to be more of a curse than a blessing for warring neighbors Israel and Lebanon. Exploration has not started in the two...
Tags: Energy, Lebanon, Israel, border dispute, oil and gas As Palestinian refugees and Syrians marched towards the Israeli border at the Golan Heights, marking the 1967 Naksa Day, the Lebanese border nearby witnessed an odd calm. Commemorating the 1948 Nakba...
Tags: Hezbollah, Syria, Israel, protests, Turkey, violence, Palestinians, refugees, Kurds Instability in neighboring Syria and the ongoing political vacuum in Lebanon are contributing to a drastic deterioration in the country's security situation. Last week, an Italian UN patrol was...
Tags: Lebanon, Hezbollah, United Nations, Israel, Security, Palestinians, instability Last Sunday's commemoration of the Day of the Nakba, denoting the uprooting of Palestinians from Israel, turned bloody in South Lebanon. In past years, the day of commemoration was marked by rallies...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Israel, protests, corruption, arrests, uprising, Palestinians "If there is no stability here [in Syria], there's no way there will be stability in Israel", Rami Makhlouf, President Assad's cousin, the regime's businessman and a lightning rod for Syrian...
Tags: Iran, Syria, Israel, protests, Turkey, corruption, Hamas, Palestine 
