Mid East Daily

Iran has won the first round of its proxy war against America in the streets of Beirut. Hezbollah gunmen flaunting their snipers have become the norm and the Lebanese government condemnations have been reduced to mere symbolism. Shias, it seems, are..

Lebanon is a country without a standing Parliament, and a President at the moment and yet regional players are having a go at each other making it immensely difficult for the international community to find a solution in installing a legitimate...

It seems that US is in no mood to give diplomacy a chance when dealing with Syria and Iran (countries included in America's axis of evil). Syria is long been accused by the United States of fomenting unrest in Lebanon and Iraq, but the brand new...

Last year's war between Israel and the Lebanese militant outfit Hezbollah had strategic consequences. Both Israel and Hezbollah declared victory but the truth is that the Lebanese armed group had lost much of their ammunition stock and was severely...

The Christians were once the dominant community in Lebanon but now they play second fiddle to Muslims. As if that itself doesn't threaten them in the fight for survival amidst Lebanon's political turmoil and insecurity, the fact that the Christian...

The debate in the Lebanon's assembly to elect the President has heated up between the US backed Fouad Siniora's Govt. and the rival faction backed by Syria and Iran. The presidential election is never a home affair but something thrust upon them....

Patting few and discarding critics is what US's intransigence and its Mideast policy is all about. Arabs wary of US policies and amid such suspicions if US invites Arabs for the peace talks, it's a matter of suspicion. Of course, one is hardly...

Russian and US standoff on Missile Defense Shield (MDS) is not yet over; however, now Israel joins the fray and wants a MDS in place - which it needs to fight against militants - before relinquishing West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense...

The Lebanese army has speeded up its operation against Fatah al-Islam militants hiding in Palestine refugee camps. After a bloody Sunday offensive that culminated in the killing of eight militants, the army moved its strike forces deep in to the Nahr.

A member of the Lebanese parliament was assassinated in a bomb attack that ripped through his car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital on Wednesday, killing nine other people. The slain lawmaker, Walid Eido, was a vocal anti- Syrian.