by YaLiban, published June 7, 2023 This is interesting. Though I disagree with the analyst’s perspective, the article lays out exactly the imperialist context that keeps Lebanon from having a functioning government, and from any kind of viable independence. Aside from the factional infighting, notice the credentials cited for the …
Read More »Sanctions and the Axis of Resistance (Video)
On December 10, Human Rights Day, the Sanctions Kill Coalition, in conjunction with the United National Antiwar Coalition, held a webinar to launch their new book, Sanctions Kill, a Wrecking Ball in a Global Economy. The speakers, …., were authors of different chapters of the book. The video below begins …
Read More »Syria and Lebanon Update: Lebanon Face Political Instability and Syrian Refugees Begin Going Home
by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 29, 2022 The presidency of Lebanon’s Michel Aoun is coming to a close and politicians are anticipating a possible power vacuum if a decision cannot be made soon to fill the office. The parliament voted on October 24, but with only a …
Read More »Thousands of Syrian Refugees to be Repatriated from Lebanon Next Week
from The News Desk at The Cradle, published on October 21, 2022 Earlier this month, outgoing President Michel Aoun announced the launching of the repatriation plan, despite an apparent lack of coordination with Damascus Lebanon’s Minister of Displacement, Issam Sharafeddine, announced on 20 October that 6,000 Syrian refugees will be …
Read More »Saad Hariri and the Collapse of Lebanon
by William Wagenen, published on The Cradle, September 12, 2022 This is an interesting investigative piece. I know it answers some questions I had. [Ed] In 2005, US neoconservatives centered around then-Vice President Dick Cheney’s office began collaborating with Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, defected former Syrian Vice President Abd …
Read More »The Imperialists’ and Proxies’ War Against Syria
by Kim Petersen, published on Countercurrents, January 28, 2022 Review of World War in Syria by A.B. Abrams On 30 August 2021, the United States’ 20-year military occupation of Afghanistan came to an end when the removal of American forces was completed. Although the withdrawal was botched, it was the …
Read More »Syrian Refugees: Stuck in Limbo or Political Pawns?
by Mouhamad Choucair, published on The Cradle, February 23, 2022 Up in the mountainous region of Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, the climate is extreme between snowy winters and suffocating summer heat. Yet this is the site of one of the country’s refugee camps for displaced Syrians. Helplessly exposed to the harsh living conditions …
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