Nassif Hitti

2 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Hazem Saghieh |Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Nassif Hitti

When General Joseph Aoun was elected President of the Lebanese Republic and Judge Nawaf Salam was named Prime Minister, both developments seemed engulfed in a revolutionary climate. There was a popular mobility expressing itself in all kinds of ways that reflected a broadly shared desire to break with the “ancien regime” that brought the country misery, with its calamities culminating in a catastrophic war and occupation.

2 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Sam Menassa |Ghassan Charbel |Nassif Hitti |Hazem Saghieh

The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the rise of Ahmed al-Sharaa to the Syrian presidency is the foundational episode of the regional transformation that is currently underway. It may well be one of the most consequential outcomes of the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation and its aftermath or even the most consequential strategic shift the region has witnessed since the 1967 defeat. We did not merely see a change at the top of the Syrian regime.

2 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Ghassan Charbel |Nassif Hitti |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri

The Lebanese people complain about the advice from ambassadors and dictates from international financial organizations. They believe that the outside was paving their road and goals and setting the means for them. They are annoyed that their country is being treated like a minor, who the world has no faith in his ability to get himself out of the abyss. The abundance of doctors and treatments often deepens the patient’s confusion.

2 weeks ago | english.aawsat.com | Nassif Hitti |Hazem Saghieh |Amir Taheri |Osman Mirghani

In the lead-up to the UN conference on a two-state solution — scheduled for June 17–20 and co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and France — efforts to ensure its success have been intensifying. Ministerial meetings took place in Paris and Brussels late last month, alongside intensified efforts at the UN, with working groups set up and tasked with developing ideas and proposals that address all aspects of the conflict.

Mar 21, 2025 | english.aawsat.com | Amir Taheri |Hazem Saghieh |Yousef Al-Dayni |Nassif Hitti

As Elon Musk pursues his “draining the marshland” in Washington D.C., his plan to reduce the size of the US federal government may have a number of unintended consequences. To be sure, few people might disagree with ending monthly payment to sole 20 million former civil servants who continue drawing their pensions years after having died and been buried.