Nadim Koteich

A history lesson for Javad Zarif: Iran is greater than its regime

Amid rising tensions between Iran and the US, President Donald Trump tweeted over the weekend: “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the ...

Can Assad be trusted?

Bashar al-Assad will not reflect much when analysts write about the meaning of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s visit to Damascus from ...

Lebanon: Trapped in a tunnel

The last thing Lebanon needed after the “tunnels” of political crisis, failure to form a government and increasing indicators of economic ...

A disastrous scenario stares Tehran in the face

The 4th of November will be remembered as a glorious day of confrontation with the Iranian regime. The re-imposition of US sanctions is the last thing ...

Between a strong president and a strengthened president

We are three weeks away from the completion of the second year of the term of Lebanese President Michel Aoun. His reelection was filled with headlines ...

How the Rafic Hariri International Airport describes Lebanon

In September, an international scandal related the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut broke out and another one followed later. At the ...

Why offend Kuwait now?

Out of the entire Lebanese context, a political commentator on Al Manar television channel that is affiliated with Hezbollah criticized the Kuwait ...

A cannabis program in exchange of loyalty

The Baalbek-Hermel region in northern Beqaa in Lebanon has never ceased to test Hezbollah. This area has been Hezbollah’s most difficult ...

Aoun’s era should not be allowed to slip to that of Lahoud

The campaign led by Hezbollah in Lebanon to normalize relations with Bashar al-Assad’s regime goes beyond the traditional political acrimony in ...

Assad walking in his father’s footsteps

The so-called ‘axis of resistance’ would need a pile of lies to cover up its scandal in Syria. Equating the Syrian war with fighting ...

Lebanon’s image and the stamping of Iranian passports

There have been several political interpretations of the Lebanese general security’s measure not to stamp Iranian passports upon arrival in ...

Has the countdown for the Iranian regime’s fall begun?

The courage in facing Iran and countering its policies is no longer just measured by the decisions taken outside it. Some states decided to directly ...

The issue of Hezbollah’s domination of Lebanon

In recent days, the question of Hezbollah’s domination of Lebanon has emerged especially following the results of the recent parliamentary ...

Fukuyama: This is how Iran will explode

Francis Fukuyama’s lecture at the recent World Government Summit held in Dubai covered three major perspectives. The American political ...

Will Lebanon become ‘Qatar No. 2’?

The Hezbollah militia has accomplished two fragile victories in Arsal battle. The first is a victory on armed groups in the Lebanese and Syrian barren ...

Why did Nasrallah suggest peace with ISIS?

Shiite influence is fading and Hezbollah might have to start retreating from Syria soon

Go back to Moussa al-Sadr’s legacy

Political debate is no longer held exclusively between major parties and instead debate now rages within parties

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