Jean Aziz |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
Now that the Syrian regime’s forces control half of the city of Qusair near Lebanon’s northern border, the balance seems to once again be shifting in the Syrian conflict. |
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Friday, May 17, 2013 |
As Lebanon’s governmental crisis moves forward, traditional alliances may be shifting as inefficiencies in the old confessional system come to the surface. |
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
With Russia’s diplomatic base relocated from Damascus to Beirut, Moscow is refining its strategy on the Syrian crisis as the second Geneva conference nears. |
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam is considering new options to break the deadlock on his forming a new government, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
Jean Aziz asks whether Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has reassured his base following two televised speeches in nine days. |
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is basing his involvement in the Syrian war on grounds that are both religious and having to do with the conflict with Israel, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Apr 29, 2013 |
The competition between the Saudi and Iranian axes in Lebanon is high as the alleged Saudi “openness” toward Hezbollah proved to be less than it appeared, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 |
On April 25, 2013, the first civil marriage was officially registered in Lebanon, a move that could forebode a radical change in the longstanding political sectarian system, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 |
Attacks against Syria’s Christians are not only motivated by extremist Islamic ideology, but also because of the strategic area in which they live, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Apr 22, 2013 |
The aim of the battles raging on the Syria-Lebanon border near Qusayr is directly tied to the war in Syria, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 |
Excerpts of speeches from jihadist Sheikh Feiz Mohammad were allegedly found on the YouTube account of one of the Boston Marathon bombers, Jean Aziz reports. |
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Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 |
Saudi Arabia has increased its diplomatic efforts in Lebanon, and Jean Aziz asks what exactly Riyadh’s intentions are. |
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Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 |
There have been indications in recent weeks that Syria is moving toward partition, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Apr 8, 2013 |
As the Syrian civil war continues to encroach on life in Lebanon, the US and Russian ambassadors have been playing an intriguing diplomatic game, competing in support for their Lebanese allies and currying favor with politicians, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Wednesday, Apr 3, 2013 |
Hezbollah assesses the region after President Barack Obama's visit last month and sees little change, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 |
The northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has been severely affected by the conflict in neighboring Syria, with heightened sectarian tensions threatening an outbreak of civil war, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Saturday, Mar 23, 2013 |
After two prior threats to quit, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigned, leaving Lebanon with its third power vacuum in 25 years, writes Jean Aziz |
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Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 |
With Lebanon's leading troika abroad for diplomatic sessions, sectarian rifts have begun to reappear, and fears are growing that Syria’s conflict could leak over the Lebanese border, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Mar 18, 2013 |
Syria's Foreign Ministry has warned Lebanon not to allow armed groups to cross from Lebanon into Syria to conduct operations against regime forces, with Syria threatening military action if it continues, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013 |
As Shiite, Sunni and Christian considerations threaten to disrupt and even cancel the Lebanese elections scheduled for this summer, Jean Aziz outlines the three potential paths developments could take in the near future. |
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Monday, Mar 11, 2013 |
For the first time since Lebanese independence, many Lebanese Maronites think that there is a real chance that their patriarch becomes pope, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Friday, Mar 8, 2013 |
For the first time in the 23-month-old Syrian civil war, Jabhat al-Nusra and Hezbollah have been involved in direct confrontations, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Mar 4, 2013 |
Instability, kidnapping and terrorism have taken hold of Lebanon during a period of turbulence exacerbated by the civil war in neighboring Syria, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 |
The speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Feb. 26 holds many similarities to his speech on May 6, 2008, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Wednesday, Feb 27, 2013 |
Despite the unstable security situation prevailing in Lebanon, many Kuwaiti tourists plan to spend an official holiday in the country, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Feb 25, 2013 |
Jean Aziz argues that freedom of expression in Lebanon is regularly restricted by the authorities for a variety of baffling reasons, despite this right being enshrined in the Lebanese constitution. |
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Friday, Feb 22, 2013 |
A Syrian official says Damascus is in principle open to dialogue, but not with preconditions, reports Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Feb 18, 2013 |
While on a personal visit to Beirut, an official from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime said that the regime is “extremely comfortable” with the current political and military situation in Syria and abroad, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, Feb 17, 2013 |
Hezbollah has recently been implicated in last summer’s Burgas bombing, a step that Jean Aziz describes as another installment in the "spy wars" between the Lebanese Shiite group and Washington. |
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Monday, Feb 11, 2013 |
Hezbollah will respond on Feb. 16 to Bulgarian accusations that the group is responsible for the Burgas bombing in July, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 |
Following the Israeli aerial attacks on Syria, each side of the Syrian crisis questions the intentions behind the seemingly spontaneous offensive by their southern neighbor, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 |
Friday’s deadly clash in Arsal, Lebanon, signals a dangerous escalation in confrontations between the Lebanese Army and Sunni Jihadist groups connected to those fighting in Syria, writes Jean Aziz from Beirut. |
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Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 |
Recent debate in Lebanon over the legalization of civil marriage has caused an uproar and raised questions about the true nature of the Lebanese Republic, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013 |
Historically, there has been a close relationship between Knesset elections and the way in which Israel has conducted its regional foreign policy towards the Arabs, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Sunday, Jan 20, 2013 |
Lebanon is especially worried that the Syrian crisis could spread, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Friday, Jan 18, 2013 |
Lebanese Minister of Youth and Sports Faisal Karami survived an attack on his convoy by Salafist protesters on Jan. 18 in the northern city of Tripoli, reports Jean Aziz. |
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Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 |
In a move that could destabilize Lebanon, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has set up two bases in Lebanon, one just a few miles away from Beirut, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Friday, Jan 11, 2013 |
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are reportedly in Lebanon, and their presence is having a destabilizing effect on the country, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Jan 7, 2013 |
As the Syrian opposition becomes more and more Islamic, Christians of the Levant fear for their future and have accused France of plotting to displace them, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 |
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad reportedly will soon, in coming days, offer a new proposal to resolve the crisis in Syria, writes Jean Aziz. |
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Monday, Dec 31, 2012 |
Jean Aziz examines the effect that the newly discovered gas reserves on the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel might have on regional peace. |
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Monday, Dec 24, 2012 |
Jean Aziz reports on recent intelligence that suggests the armed Islamist group Jabhat al-Nasra maintains a presence in Lebanon, while politicians downplay these claims. |
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Friday, Dec 21, 2012 |
Former Lebanese minister and member of parliament Michel Samaha was recently included on a US list of terrorists. Jean Aziz looks at the motives behind such a move nearly four months after Samaha’s arrest. |
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Monday, Dec 17, 2012 |
There is intense debate about the need for a new elections law in Lebanon, which has not witnessed a rotation in power as a result of elections in its 60 years of independence, writes Jean Aziz. |
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