Robert Fisk, Independent UK. June 8, 2009. Lebanon's new government of "national salvation" will be run by an ex-army general-president with ever-increasing powers.
Jared Levy, Ali Gharib, IPS News. June 6, 2009. Many analysts view the elections through the lens of the struggle between U.S. and Iranian regional hegemonic aspirations.
Jennifer Utz, AlterNet. March 23, 2009. What most Americans don't know about Syria -- a nation vilified by the U.S. that has also absorbed 2 million Iraqi refugees -- might surprise you.
Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. February 27, 2009. More U.S. troops in Afghanistan will spark a backlash in which religion combines with nationalism to oppose foreign intervention.
Khody Akhavi, IPS News. May 21, 2008. Iranian-backed Hezbollah remains a popular political movement and is widely lauded for its "resistance" against Israel.
Sami Moubayed, Asia Times. May 5, 2008. While U.S. casualties continue to mount -- and many Iraqi troops lay down their arms -- the Mahdi Army is waging a war of survival.
Orit Weksler, AlterNet. December 12, 2006. One Israeli officer says the world doesn't seem to notice killing in small numbers. And those closest to the violence become too scared to empathize for those who die.
Nathaniel Hoffman, AlterNet. December 5, 2006. One journalist spends 10 days in Lebanon, sipping coffee and talking politics with members of Hezbollah, the Islamic militant group Americans have branded as terrorists.
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