The open warfare and shaken statehood that characterize Syria, Iraq and Libya are the painful commemoration of the Arabs’ own 100 Years War for stable, legitimate statehood. What the French, British and Italians did in Syria, Iraq and Libya after World War I led to the last 100 years of erratic patterns of development… اقرأ المزيد
By Hussein Dakroub, Hasan Lakkis BEIRUT: The Cabinet is unlikely to meet this week amid lingering differences among ministers over a mechanism to govern during the vacancy in the presidency, sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam said Monday. And Parliament won’t be able to meet this week due to a lack of quorum to… اقرأ المزيد
By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: MP Walid Jumblatt is expected to meet former Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Paris in the next 48 hours in the latest flurry of political activity aimed at breaking the presidential stalemate, political sources said Sunday. Jumblatt will be accompanied on his trip to Paris with Health Minister Wael Abu Faour,… اقرأ المزيد
By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: Lebanese leaders struggled Friday to stave off any adverse repercussions of the fast-moving developments in Iraq on the security situation in Lebanon, calling for national unity and the swift election of a new president. The major military gains made by militants from the Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq… اقرأ المزيد
By Hasan Lakkis, Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: The disruption of Parliament sessions on the pretext of the presidential void seems to be threatening government work as the Cabinet failed for the third time Thursday to agree on a mechanism to exercise its powers amid the vacuum in the country’s top Christian post. Prime Minister Tammam Salam… اقرأ المزيد
The capture Tuesday of Mosul, the hub of northern Iraq, by Al-Qaeda-linked militants is an alarm bell that violent extremists are on the rise again in the Middle East. And it’s a good time for President Barack Obama to explain more about how he plans to fight this menace without making the mistakes of the… اقرأ المزيد