Nawaf Salam's First Interview as Prime Minister of Lebanon + Clips

Nawaf Salam's First Interview as Prime Minist...

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Pope Leo XIV Calls For Disarming During Lebanon Visit & Hezbollah’s Crisis of Legitimacy

Papal visits to Lebanon have always been moments when the country pauses (briefly) to look at itself through an external moral lens. In a region where political positions are often treated as existential identities, the Pope’s presence carries symbolic weight. It forces competing ...  Show more

Hezbollah’s Horrifying Demand: Your Fear and Your Empathy

There is an ugly little theatre trick Hezbollah has been playing for years. Act one, they make sure the audience is petrified. Act two, when their stunt collapses, they step forward with a wet hand to the chest and expect applause. The trick relies on two things. First, the pa ...

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