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The new US approach to the Middle East raises more questions than answers
Refusal to engage in the region's conflicts is not a strategy
The Assad regime is using refugees for leverage against its neighbours
However, if the regime wishes to build and maintain relations with nearby nations, it will have to find a pathway towards the safe return of displaced people
Deadly clashes in Lebanon are indicative of a power struggle
Foreign minister Gebran Bassil's presidential aspirations have sparked growing tensions
Averting conflict with Iran is the right move, but Trump's margins for manoeuvre are limited
The US president has gravitated between bombast and a desire to avoid military engagement – both positions with far-reaching implications for the region
Amid talk of annexing West Bank, the idea of population transfer rears again
The view that it is in the interest of Israel to obtain the greatest amount of land with the least number of Palestinians stretches back decades
Nasrallah Sfeir had higher expectations of Lebanon than its own leaders
The former Maronite Christian patriarch was a staunch defender of Lebanese sovereignty
Salary cuts will not save Lebanon's crumbling public services or its economic woes
There is no broad consensus on what must be done to save the nation from financial collapse, but real reform must begin with the political class itself
For peace to exist, the right of Palestinians to a fully sovereign state must be recognised
The plan being prepared by the Trump administration looks likely leave out this crucial point
US policy undermines principles that have guided Arab-Israeli negotiations for more than 50 years
The Trump adminstration's efforts set a dangerous precedent and play fast and loose with regional stability
Gebran Bassil denies any interest in Lebanon’s presidency, but no one is buying his act
A recent row with Prime Minister Saad Hariri was the latest in a series of carefully planned manoeuvres by the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement
The peculiar and contradictory history of the US bill to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights
This document has nothing to do with international law. It is about passing legislation to profit from an administration that has undermined all past principles of Arab-Israeli negotiations
Washington is starting to realise the limitations of its diplomatic power
After a week in which its foreign policy contradictions caught up with the US administration, it is looking increasingly isolated
Now that Lebanon finally has a government, the real work begins
Fixing the nation's economy, rebuilding its crumbling infrastructure and reining in Hezbollah will all prove mighty tasks for Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Flawed Arab economic summit was a sign of Syria's attempts to reinsert itself in Lebanese politics
As a result the deadlock over forming a government continues, even though Lebanon is in urgent need of reforms to avoid a financial collapse
History proves Syria's strategic importance should not be underestimated
Donald Trump has dismissed the country as nothing more than "sand and death". In doing so, he misunderstands how important it is to his ambitions of containing Iran
