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Hezbollah Rejects US Demand to Disarm, Says It’s a Domestic Issue

by Jason Ditz | Jul 3, 2025

Efforts to try to get Hezbollah to agree to disarm appear to have failed, with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem announcing Wednesday evening that the group will not agree to give up its weapons, its land, or its right to resist. Lebanon’s government has been in talks with...

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Lebanon Continues Hezbollah Disarmament Talks as Israeli Strikes South

by Jason Ditz | Jul 2, 2025

Difficult negotiations continue to be ongoing between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah with the question of if and how to potential disarm the organization, in keeping with US and Israeli demands. The matter is important right now because while Israel is...

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Lebanon Struggles to Navigate US, Israeli Demands to Disarm Hezbollah Before Peace Talks

by Jason Ditz | Jun 30, 2025

Cursory reports in the press are suggesting that Lebanon might be on the verge of joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. The Lebanese government isn’t explicitly denying it, but there seem to be some huge obstacles in the way. The first...

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US, France Warn Lebanon to Stay Neutral in Israel-Iran War

by Jason Ditz | Jun 17, 2025

When Israel attacked Iran last week, sparking off a major regional war, there was a substantial concern across the region that other nations will get sucked into the conflict. That’s been particularly true in Lebanon, which Israel is still attacking on a near daily...

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US May Move to Dissolve UN Peacekeeper Mission in Lebanon, Israel Endorses the Idea

by Jason Ditz | Jun 9, 2025

US officials have reportedly begun discussing the possibility of seeking the dissolution of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, a move that comes amid a ceasefire that sees multiple violations on a daily basis. They emphasized that no decision has yet...

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Syrian Islamist Leader Sharaa to Visit US in September to Address UN

by Jason Ditz | Jun 3, 2025

In December after the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in Syria, the Biden Administration lifted the $10 million bounty on the head of Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Jolani. Sharaa has gone on quite an effort to...

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US Blesses Idea of Syrian Military Integrating Foreign Islamist Fighters

by Jason Ditz | Jun 2, 2025

The position of the United States on the Islamist Syrian government has been complex since the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) took power in December. The HTS, after all, was effectively al-Qaeda’s Syria branch up until it distanced itself from the parent group, with...

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Quarterly IAEA Report on Iran Fuels Another Round of Pro-Forma Media Panic

by Jason Ditz | May 31, 2025

In late February, the IAEA released a quarterly report on Iran’s civilian nuclear program with predictable results. This weekend, the next quarterly report has dropped, and as last time, the media is in an absolute tizzy with panic about figures that should have been...

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Hezbollah Defies Western Expectations With Strong Showing in South Lebanon Vote

by Jason Ditz | May 25, 2025

War, sanctions and other economic threats have proven a popular way for the West to try to sway elections in the Middle East. When southern Lebanon went to its municipal elections last week, Israeli media and other Western outlets seemed to expect Hezbollah would...

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Syrian Forces Kill Three ISIS Members in Aleppo Hideout Raid

by Jason Ditz | May 18, 2025

When the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seized power in Syria in December, it was seen as the presumptive end of the protracted civil war in that country, since it removed President Assad from power. Since then, there seems to be quite a bit of internal conflict...

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