Michael Young
BeirutCalling
One very strong message came out of Saad al-Hariri's interview with MTV last week, namely that he was ready to make a deal with Hezbollah and Amal, and that his
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Here's what I assume happened in the Malbrunot story. Macron told journalists about the possibility of sanctions against Lebanese leaders, sending the message to his Lebanese interlocutors through the media.
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Anticipation of the demise of the Diab government strikes me as premature, and this for a few reasons: (1) No one in the political class wants a vacuum, so consensus
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