Regional News
The Middle East’s Schengen
Not that I’m keeping my hopes that this would actually last, but it is refreshing to see Turkey moving away from Europe and turning to the Middle East:
Last month, Erdogan received Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in a groundbreaking visit to Turkey, adding yet another link to the long chain of alliances that Erdogan is [...]
Reconfigure Lebanon
This issue regularly pops up now and then with Lebanon’s neighbors believing that the solution to the country’s problems involves handing it over to Israel or Syria. Take for instance the editorial by Turki Al-Sudairi, the editor-in-chief of the Saudi newspaper, Al-Riyadh:
“We [therefore] say, ‘Why shouldn’t Lebanon return to Syria?,’ because Syria has a strong [...]
Bitter Foes to Good Friends
Armenia and Turkey seemed to have turned a new page in their relations:
Armenia and Turkey, bitter foes for a century, took a step toward reconciliation Monday by announcing they would launch final talks aimed at establishing diplomatic ties. But they won’t discuss the deepest source of their enmity: the World War I-era massacres of Armenians [...]
To Talk or Not To Talk
That is the question. And here is one possible answer:
Seeking to resolve a major sticking point between his country and Israel, Lebanese Kataeb party leader Amine Gemayel calls for indirect negotiations with Tel Aviv over a border disputes between the two sides.
And here’s another:
Beiruti mayor on Friday denied reports in Israeli media about inviting [...]
Indian-Lebanese Co-op
When we are not fighting each other, we are helping each other out:
Israel has accused the Indian troops part of the UN peacekeepers along its border with Lebanon of doing nothing to prevent the infiltration of Hezbollah supporters into its territory, but on the contrary cooperated with them, a media report said.
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