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1 week ago | 
telepolis.de | Ali Rizk
Die Hisbollah-Führung sendet überraschende Signale an die USA. Sie betont gemeinsame Interessen für Stabilität im Libanon – US-Geheimdienste stimmen ihr zu. Ein Gastbeitrag. Der Generalsekretär der libanesischen Hisbollah-Bewegung, Scheich Naim Qassem, hat kürzlich erklärt, die anhaltende Instabilität im Libanon diene nicht den Interessen der USA.
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1 week ago | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Ali Rizk
The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Sheikh Naim Qassem, recently asserted that continued instability in Lebanon does not serve U.S. interests. Qassem made the remarks following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs which Israel claimed had targeted a Hezbollah weapons depot. “Put pressure on America and make it understand that Lebanon cannot rise if the aggression doesn’t stop,” he said, addressing senior Lebanese state officials.
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2 months ago | 
theamericanconservative.com | Ali Rizk
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The latest episode of violence in Syria has its roots in the immediate aftermath of the fall of the Assad dynasty, according to sources on the ground who spoke to The American Conservative. Their comments contradict the narrative that remnants of the former regime are responsible for the bloodshed.
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2 months ago | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Ali Rizk
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement is facing unprecedentedly challenging times, having lost much of its senior leadership in its latest war with Israel. Events in neighboring Syria have further compounded the organizations losses.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
theamericanconservative.com | Ali Rizk
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Turkey has taken complete charge of the situation in Syria following the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad, per comments made from the ground to The American Conservative. While many of the disclosures should not necessarily be a cause of worry for the United States and its allies, some pertaining to ISIS do warrant concern.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
theamericanconservative.com | Ali Rizk
Politics
Trump: Not the Most Pro-Israel President After All?
The 47th president appears to be playing a canny game to disengage the U.S. from the Middle East.
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy’s staunch pro-Israeli tilt in his first term earned him the reputation of being the most pro-Israel American president ever.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Ali Rizk
Lebanon finally has a president after a vacancy that has persisted for over two years. The election of Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun caps the rising role of the military following the ceasefire agreement reached between the country and Israel last November. Appointed as commander of the armed forces in 2017, the 61-year-old led the Lebanese military’s operations against ISIS and Al-Nusra in the border areas with Syria.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Ali Rizk
The surprise offensive by Syrian rebels led by a radical Islamist group with roots in Al Qaeda dramatizes the enormous regional repercussions set off by Israel’s war against Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
scheerpost.com | Ali Rizk
By Ali Rizk / The CradleHezbollah has once again proven to be a handful for Israel, notwithstanding the heavy blows that were dealt to the resistance movement in the latest round of hostilities. A ceasefire deal that has come into effect after over two months of full-scale conflict on the Lebanese–Israeli front falls far short of what Israel had hoped to achieve in the earlier stages of this conflict when the momentum seemed to be on its side.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
theamericanconservative.com | Ali Rizk
Foreign Affairs
Trump’s Opportunity in Lebanon
The dealmaker-in-chief has a chance to make a new, stable Middle Eastern combination.
As the United States’ President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in office, there are indications that Lebanon may be a focal point of his Middle East policy. Trump has made more than one gesture to this effect, raising hopes that his return to the White House may end the suffering in the war-ravaged country.
