Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on June 16. One of the items on their agenda was Lebanon, which has close historical and language ties to France. The tiny Mediterranean country has been in financial collapse for several […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Hundreds of Syrian men, women and children have drowned early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Greece after the sinking of an Egyptian trawler headed for Italy. It is being called one of the deadliest migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 750 […]
Last Thursday the Israeli military concluded a two-week series of exercises — dubbed “Firm Hand” — which simulated fighting a multi-front war against Lebanese Hezbollah and other regional forces that have threatened to strike Israel over attacks against Holy Sites in the city of Jerusalem. Despite the posturing and threatening language, the readiness of the Read More...
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Chief of the Lebanese Central Bank, Riad Salameh, is expected to appear today before State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat at the Lebanese Ministry of Justice, after an Interpol ‘red notice’ was issued on May 19. If Salameh appears today, it is expected that his Lebanese and French passports will […]
The Cradle | February 1, 2023 Pierre Duquesne, France’s envoy on international support to Lebanon, stated on 31 January that Egypt is still seeking assurances from Washington to start exporting gas to Lebanon via Syria. “My Egyptian counterparts today told me, ‘we want something precise’ … There is a problem of exemption … and that concern […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Covert training camps in the Jordanian desert are currently the site of British and American trainers developing young Lebanese men, loyal to the Christian warlord, Samir Geagea, according to chief editor of Al Mariah magazine, Fadi Abu Deya. In an interview given to Al Jadeed TV, Abu Deya claimed […]
Israel has replaced its former chief of the military, Aviv Kochavi, with an unusual swearing in ceremony for the incoming Herzi Halevi, setting the stage for a wider conflict with Iran, Hezbollah and the Palestinian people. As this ceremony took place, Hamas released a shocking video of a prisoner of war that embarrassed the new Read More...
Speech of Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, on January 3, 2023, during the commemoration of the third anniversary of the assassination of Commanders Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Source : video.moqawama.org Translation: resistancenews.org Transcript: […] I want to conclude on two points. The first point will be to address a message to the new Israeli […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator This is part two of an examination of the current state of Lebanon. In part one, we looked at the Soldiers of God, an extremist Christian militia that pose a threat to the security of Lebanon and could ignite a new civil war. Lebanon needs up to $15 billion […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator In Ashrafieh, the wealthy Christian neighborhood in east Beirut, there is a group of 300 young, muscular, and bearded men patrolling the streets from 6 pm. to 6 am. as part of Neighborhood Watch, but they have an extremist Christian ideology which many have termed neo-fascist. They call […]
