Houssam Itani

Israel has rebuffed overtures from the Lebanese authorities to begin direct negotiations on a ceasefire, accusing Beirut of dragging its feet over…

Twenty-six years after the last Israeli soldier withdrew from Lebanon, Israeli tanks are again advancing from several directions. In the blink of an…

Russia’s war on Ukraine signalled the end of the post-Cold War order—one that witnessed states grow their economies and raise the living standards of…

A Lebanese government decision to raise fuel prices and VAT has angered citizens across the country. The latest price hike adds $3.50 on every 20…

In less than two weeks, two residential buildings collapsed in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing more than 15 people and injuring dozens…

A senior Israeli military official has acknowledged that the number of Palestinian victims in Gaza has reached 70,000, confirming that figures issued…

Pro-government demonstrations in Iran indicate that the West’s hasty predictions of the imminent collapse of the Iranian regime may be premature…

Officials in President Donald Trump’s administration step before television cameras and speak as though reading from a shopping list: Cuba is bad…

Can a meaningful connection be drawn, without artifice or contrivance, between the rising tensions in Yemen among factions that claim alignment…

Many who study contemporary Iran argue that a web of parallel authorities governs the country, each monitoring the others in a system loosely…