List of Lebanon articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ghosts of Beirut
How the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri transformed the Middle East.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Hezbollah’s Extreme Makeover
In Downtown Dahiyeh, the Lebanese Shiite militant group's suburban Beirut stronghold, paintball mixes with piety.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Middle East’s Dangerous Equilibrium
President Obama's first year of "engagement" has yielded little more than simmering crises and a frustrating diplomatic stalemate. But for all its pitfalls, the United States cannot quit the Arab world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Food Fight
A look inside the Middle East's new weapons of mass consumption.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Boatload of Trouble
Think Hezbollah was tamed following the 2006 war? The recent seizure of a cargo ship full of weapons intended for the organization proves otherwise.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lesson Unlearned
Don't blame Hezbollah for the Marine barracks bombing. The United States is at fault, for becoming a combatant in Lebanon's civil war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Think Again: Israel vs. Hezbollah
The recent war revealed neither a vulnerable Jewish state nor a Lebanese militia carrying the hopes of the Arab world. In truth, Israel could never have delivered the decisive victory its citizens expected, and Hezbollah has been left weakened and resented. The conflict was bloodier than anyone anticipated, but it just might set the stage for a new order in the Middle East.