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Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem is a Lebanese analyst specializing in Middle Eastern and Islamic affairs. On Twitter: @haytham66

Smoke billows above the village of Khiyam, in southern Lebanon, during an Israeli bombardment near the Lebanese border, Feb. 8, 2024.

Israel, Hezbollah cling to deterrence to avoid escalation

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Morocco-Algeria tensions flare over claims of Hezbollah support to Polisario

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun attends the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Hamed - RTX336G0

Will Lebanon finally pass a budget after more than a decade?

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Newly elected Lebanese president Michel Aoun (C) sits with former prime minister Saad al-Hariri (R), who is expected to lead the new Lebanese government, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX2ROR8

Once again, disputes delay Lebanese elections

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Newly elected Lebanese president Michel Aoun sits on the president's chair inside the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon October 31, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher - RTX2R7JE

Lebanese president provokes outcry with Hezbollah comment

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

FILE PHOTO: Fighters of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham cheer on a pickup truck after a Russian helicopter was shot down in the north of Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, Syria, August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah/File Photo - RTSWG1A

Will major opposition groups face off in Syria?

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Lebanese Hezbollah supporters carry flags and gesture during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher - RTSRWNQ

Hezbollah torn between local, regional roles

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Saudi King Salman bin Abulaziz Al-Saud welcomes Lebanon's President Michel Aoun (R) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 10, 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX2YAKR

New Lebanese president makes Gulf priority

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

What challenges await Lebanon’s new government?

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

People walk past a Lebanese army checkpoint at the entrance to Ain al-Hilweh camp Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, South Lebanon September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho - RTSP03P

Lebanon halts work as Palestinians reject wall around refugee camp

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

Christian politician and FPM founder Michel Aoun (L) talks during a news conference next to Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri after he said he will back Aoun to become president in Beirut, Lebanon October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir - RTX2PR3I

Just how much can Lebanon change under Aoun?

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem

A Palestinian refugee boy from Syria plays with a tyre as another boy walks past tents at Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp near the port-city of Sidon, southern Lebanon October 8, 2013. International donors must do more to help Lebanon absorb a flood of refugees straining its schools and public services, the head of the United Nations children's fund UNICEF said. Picture taken October 8, 2013. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX14YGG

Palestinian-Syrian refugees face hardship in Lebanon

Haytham Mouzahem

Haytham Mouzahem