The new president of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun, the former commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces and a maronite christian, has declared after taking the seat that he would disarm Hezbollah. This, by all means, seems unlikely for the moment or the near future since the position he holds is one regarded as mere ceremonial, reserved […]

After more than 13 years, the Al Assad regime has finally fallen. The reasons are multiple, but the key is that two major situations have rendered his support to fail – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Hamas-Israel war. The Ukraine war has drained resources from Russia after more than two years of fighting a […]