Firas Maksad

Nov 26, 2024 | time.com | Firas Maksad

IdeasNovember 26, 2024 4:09 PM ESTFiras Maksad is a senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the Middle East Institute, a think tank in Washington D.C.Raja’a is a displaced 63-year-old widow from south Lebanon who has been praying for a ceasefire deal to end the devastating war between Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah and Israel. To date, the conflict has killed thousands and caused over 1 million Lebanese to flee their homes.

Oct 2, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Benjamin Wittes |Firas Maksad |Natan Sachs |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Israel has hit Hezbollah very hard over the past few days, killing much of its senior leadership and eroding its capabilities. It has also displaced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese and now has ground forces in Lebanon. Iran has responded with a missile barrage against Israel, to which an Israeli response is widely expected.

Sep 24, 2024 | aol.com | Firas Maksad

September 24, 2024 at 12:14 PMThis picture taken from northern Israel along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardment in Lebanon, on Sept. 23, 2024. Credit - Jalaa Marey—AFP/Getty Images“There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen,” Vladimir Lenin is famously quoted as saying.

Jun 22, 2024 | time.com | Firas Maksad

IdeasJune 22, 2024 6:00 AM EDTFiras Maksad is a senior fellow and senior director for strategic outreach at the Middle East Institute, a think tank in Washington D.C.If the deadly and destructive Israel-Hamas war wasn’t already enough, there is a growing fear of a much broader confrontation between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Mar 18, 2024 | qantara.de | Armenak Tokmajyan |Ylenia Gostoli |Firas Maksad

Anti-Assad protests in Syria's Sweida governate · 18.03.2024 Locals in southern Syria have been protesting peacefully for months now, despite their government's brutal crackdown. But in late February, for the first time, a demonstrator was killed.