Hezbollah faces scrutiny over release of SLA commander - Arab Weekly
The dramatic departure of a dual US-Lebanese citizen from the US Embassy in Lebanon provided Beirut with an uncomfortable reminder of its difficult past and an unforgiving...
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Why Peace on the Korean Peninsula Won't Ever Come Easy - National Interest
President Donald Trump’s offer to help North Korea combat the coronavirus pandemic is the right thing to do, but little is likely to come of the gesture. It is difficult to visualize Kim Jong-un grasping...
Coronavirus Blunts Momentum of Second Arab Spring - Bloomberg
Will the coronavirus crisis do for the Second Arab Spring what the forces of counterrevolution did for the first? Today is the first Friday since October that the public squares of...
Libya war left unimpeded by coronavirus outbreak - The Independent
Libya’s internationally recognised government announced the country’s first case of coronavirus, but the prospect of an outbreak of the pandemic wasn’t enough to prevent a major...
Afghan president shows no sign of bending to pressure after U.S. aid cut - Washington Times
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani played down the Trump administration’s decision to slash $1 billion in U.S. funding for his government Tuesday, claiming it “will not have a direct impact” on...
Coronavirus threatens to undermine Afghan peace plan - The Hill
The coronavirus pandemic is throwing another curveball at President Trump's already shaky efforts to end the war in Afghanistan. The peace process is expected to take a back seat as Afghanistan’s...
Iraq Political Update - Covid 19 - Voice of America
Randa Slim, Director of Conflict Resolution at the Middle East Institute, and Sarhang Hamasaeed, Director of Middle East Programs at the US Institute of Peace, tell host Carol Castiel that...
US-China Ties Further Tested After Journalists’ Expulsion Amid COVID-19 Outbreak - Voice of America
The United States is pushing back on China’s actions to expel American journalists, a move that officials and observers said “serves no good purpose” at a time when the world is...
Coronavirus prevention extremely difficult in refugee, IDP camps in Middle East - Al Arabiya
As the world grapples with the dangerous and evolving coronavirus pandemic, the impact on the most vulnerable populations—the homeless, prison populations, and...
Will Lebanon’s Eurobond default spur much-needed reform? - Arab Weekly
Lebanon has defaulted on its international debts for the first time. Through civil war and social and political turmoil, Lebanon had always met its economic obligations. However...