Hezbollah has brought Lebanon to the brink of outright disintegration, according to former Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora: “Hezbollah is serving Syria and Iran at the expense of the Lebanese,” ex-Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told reporters. He said President Michel Suleiman should launch an initiative “to stop the state’s collapse...

The sectarian currents sweeping the Middle East are threatening to tear apart Iraq. A bloody May in which some 1,000 people were killed – a level of violence unseen in Iraq in half a decade – just this Sunday at least 51 people were killed: Violence has spiked sharply in...

Members of Congress from both parties are calling on the European Union to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Technically the statement is a formal congratulations regarding the formal process initiated by the United Kingdom to blacklist the Iran-backed group. More pointedly, it’s a call to go through with the designation: “It...

Speaking at the fifth annual President’s Conference in Jerusalem, Quartet Representative Tony Blair ran through multiple scenarios under which Iran could be pressured economically and militarily, with varying degrees of success, regarding the opacity of its nuclear program. The former British Prime Minister declared that, of all the scenarios, an...

Turkish security forces have widened a broad arrest sweep targeting anti-government protesters. Hundreds of people are continuing to gather in silent vigils across the country. The ongoing demonstrations have eroded Ankara’s legitimacy domestically and abroad. The European Union issued a declaration expressing concern over the government’s heavy-handed response. Erdogan reacted to the...

June 30 will mark the anniversary of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s inauguration. Demonstrations against the president – who critics accuse of sacrificing Egyptian political legitimacy and economic stability for the sake of promoting Islamism – are planned around the country. Counter-protests in support of the president, to be attended mostly...

Ongoing tensions between Hamas and Egypt – which have seen the popularity of the Iran-backed terror group plummet amid a media blitz conducted by Egyptian security officials – deepened on Monday after a high-ranking Hamas delegation was besieged by protesters outside their Cairo hotel. Arabic media outlets are now suggesting...

A columnist for a Saudi website argues that Hezbollah hasn’t simply exacerbated tensions between Shi’ites and Sunnis, but has also opened a rift within Shi’ism. The opinion editor of Asharq Al-Awsat, Mshari Al-Zaydi observes in This repulsive war has just begun: Now, Sheikh Qaradawi, who once described Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah as heroes, describes...

Though the U.N. has asked the parties backing the various entities in the Syrian conflict to stop injecting weapons into the violent war. The parties backing the various entities in the Syrian conflict seem to have declined to acede to the U.N.’s request: Heavy fighting resumed around the northern Syrian...

The United Nations has been declining to publish a detailed report – one which has already been approved by the U.N. Security Council sanctions committee – detailing the degree to which Iran has been able to dodge existing sanctions. Somebody somewhere wanted the report to see the light of day,...