Israel responds to defeat of Islamist rebels in Syria with threat of wider regional war
By Jean Shaoul
25 November 2017
Israel’s Defence Minister Avigdor...
Antonio Guterres expresses concern over increase of Israeli overflights of Lebanese territory, unauthorized weapons in Hezbollah's hands and threatening rhetoric
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning...
Sergey Lavrov notes terms for new ceasefire agreement don't include an Iranian pullout
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday that a recently announced agreement...
By Wayne MADSEN
09.11.2017
The recent leak of a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable sent to all Israeli diplomatic facilities worldwide points to the subterfuge being...
Case of Missing Lebanese Prime Minister Stirs Middle East Tensions
By ANNE BARNARD and DAVID M. HALBFINGER
NOV. 10, 2017
BEIRUT, Lebanon — When the Lebanese prime...
by Robert Fisk
The Saudis may be holding the Lebanese Prime Minister hostage but their apparent plan to topple the Beirut government has gloriously backfired....
13 November 2017
The recent mass arrests in Saudi Arabia combined with the kidnapping of Lebanon’s prime minister, the escalation of the war against Yemen...