The Delusions Driving U.S. Policy in the Middle East
I’m pretty sure there’s no part of the world where the contrast between objective reality and U.S. foreign policy is greater than in the Middle East. The invasion of Iraq, ...
Tag: Lebanon
Israel’s Regional War
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. We want to begin this week’s edition with an important message in light of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s killing in Utah on Wednesday. ...
Exclusive—Rep. Joe Wilson: Congress Must Support President Trump and Repeal the Caesar Act
The success of President Donald Trump in promoting peace and prosperity in the Middle East, is being implemented by Ambassador Tom Barrack, as I witnessed firsthand last week joining him ...
Washington Has One Chance to Help Disarm Hezbollah
On Aug. 26, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack revealed that Lebanon would soon present its plan to convince Hezbollah to give up its arms after some 40 years of maintaining ...
Hezbollah Is Weak Enough for Lebanon to Finally Disarm It
On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Lebanese army announced that six Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon while they were dismantling a Hezbollah weapons depot in the Tyre ...
Israel Offers to Withdraw from Lebanon After ‘Momentous Decision’ to Disarm Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended an olive branch to Lebanon on Monday, reacting positively to a decision earlier this month by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed ...
Meet the New Middle East, Same as the Old Middle East
Given the tumultuous events of the past several years, it is tempting to herald the emergence of a “new Middle East.” But how many times have we heard that? The ...
U.N. Teams Deploy to Syrian Coastal Towns Threatened by Wildfires
The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day. Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said ...
Photos show Israel’s F-15I Ra’am ‘Thunder’ fighter jets used in strikes against Iran’s nuclear program
An Israeli Air Force F-15I Ra'am jet.Andreas Zeitler/ShutterstockIsrael's fleet of F-15I warplanes, a modified version of the Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle, can fly long distances while carrying thousands of pounds ...
‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Says Lebanon Is “Working Too Hard” With ‘Snow White’ Ban: “No One’s Going To See That”
As Snow White continues to face controversy and underwhelming box office numbers, Bill Maher is poking fun at the movie’s latest misfortune. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian ...
