Opinion

Half a century ago, the Syrians did not need much of an excuse to send troops into Lebanon. In 2026, wild horses would struggle to pull them in

This time, Syria's foreign minister met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a meeting he conspicuously did not have on his previous visit. This is a good thing.

In Qatar, the two sides agreed to set up a hotline aimed at preventing any further military confrontations, giving the shaky ceasefire a much-needed boost

Moscow's strategy substitutes tactical moves for strategic planning and reactive responses for considered policy

Rather than announcing and defending a controversial restriction, authorities have embedded it inside a 900-page bureaucratic document that few citizens will read and even fewer will understand

An emerging American logic rests more on power‑sharing than on a decisive settlement, more on economics than on ideology, and more on deals than solutions

The group understands the scale of internal and external pressures it faces to disarm and that its wiggle room is shrinking

They have expressed concern that excessive concessions made to secure the deal will ultimately help strengthen Tehran and reshape the region's security balance and oil flows

The week of 15 June saw an important international event, the G7 Summit in France, albeit overshadowed by the World Cup, the New York Knicks…

Perhaps Lebanon, not the nuclear file, will become the real test of the agreement's ability to survive

Regime change has not happened yet, and the West cannot impose it; what Évian must compel is a change in the regime's behaviour.

Israel has slammed the deal, which it sees as a "catastrophic capitulation," and has continued attacks on Lebanon despite the agreement's explicit mention not to, casting doubt on its viability