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Items by Randa Haydar
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Messages from Hezbollah's drones
For the second time in 24 hours, Israel announced it shot down a drone that crossed into its airspace from the Lebanese borders. Are we facing a new stage of escalations between Hezbollah and Israel or is the matter just Hezbollah displaying the new power its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah,...
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About Netanyahu’s lies
The claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he stood at the UN podium regarding what he considered Iran’s violation of the nuclear agreement with the global super powers in 2015 are part of a series of claims that began after Netanyahu became prime minister in 2009....
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Will there be an Israel-Iran confrontation in Syria?
Israel’s objection against Iran’s military presence in Syria has resurfaced after a brief period of media silence, which seems to have given the Russians an opportunity to reach a solution to this problem by reaching an understanding with their Iranian allies. The return of official threats, coupled with the...
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Lebanon’s security is being held hostage by its political leadership
Lebanon is being held hostage to internal political conflicts to an unprecedented extent given the failure of Prime Minister Saad Hariri to form a new government that satisfies the various interested parties. The longer he takes to do so, the more obvious the internal conflict becomes amongst Lebanon’s political...
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The bitter Israeli fruit
Last week Lebanon celebrated the liberation of the south from Israeli military occupation. Eighteen years have passed since the unilateral Israeli withdrawal that ended an era of conflict over the land of Lebanon and contributed to the restoration of Lebanon’s sovereignty and control over its land. However, it did...
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Lebanon and the Iran-Israel confrontation
The Lebanese people breathed a sigh of relief when Hezbollah officials announced that Lebanon was not a part of the confrontation between Israel and Iran in Syria. The announcement was made in the wake of escalating threats exchanged after Israel attacked the T-4 military base, killing at least two...
