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SyriaIdentity Politics and SectarianizationThe Clashes in al-Suwayda: New Possibilities and Old Ghosts in Syria
Jul 31, 2025Rami G. KhouriThe July 2025 violence in southern Syria’s al-Suwayda region that killed 600 people and displaced thousands more traces its origins back to April 2025, when Su…
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LebanonSecurity and DefenseThe Prickly Issue of Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon
Jun 4, 2025Imad K. HarbLebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reached an agreement to regulate the presence of armed Palestinian factions in …
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Lebanese Civil War in Iran’s Narrative of Resistance
Apr 25, 2025Assal RadAs Lebanon marks 50 years since the start of its devastating civil war of 1975-1990, it finds itself at another inflection point. Israel occupies parts of sout…
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SyriaDemocracy and GovernanceTimeline of the Recent Sectarian Strife on Syria’s Coast
Mar 19, 2025Radwan ZiadehOn March 6, loyalists to Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad attacked the new government’s troops in the coastal areas of Syria where Assad’s Alawite sect…
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LebanonIdentity Politics and SectarianizationLebanon Courts Civil War, Again
Oct 14, 2021Imad K. HarbOnce again, Lebanon teeters on the abyss of a civil war, this time over conflicts related to the investigation into the disastrous August 4, 2020 explosion at …
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LebanonDemocracy and GovernanceNo Rest for the Weary: Lebanon’s Miqati Must Hit the Ground Running
Sep 10, 2021Imad K. HarbNajib Miqati, the billionaire tasked over a year ago with forming the Lebanese government, has finally finished putting it together, but not before President M…
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LebanonIdentity Politics and SectarianizationA Year after the Beirut Explosion, a Dreaded Civil War in Lebanon
Aug 3, 2021Imad K. HarbEvents over the last few days in Lebanon portended a serious escalation in sectarian tensions and a possible widespread resort to arms that could quickly lead …
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IraqIdentity Politics and SectarianizationTime to Address Impunity in Iraq
Jun 4, 2021Abdulwahab Al-QassabOn May 26, Iraqi security forces arrested General Qasim Muslih, commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Anbar province, basing their action on…
