By Nabil Mansour

Could the Pope’s Lebanon visit temper Israeli threats and mend political divisions?

BEIRUT - Pope Leo XIV’s arrival in Beirut—his first foreign trip since ascending the papacy—comes at a moment when Lebanon is poised between escalating Israeli threats and a political class locked in chronic division. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Lebanon, one year after a sham “ceasefire”

BEIRUT — A year after the ceasefire was declared between Lebanon and Israel, the country remains suspended in a fragile limbo, caught between persistent security threats, entrenched political fractures, and mounting international pressures.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

The unfailing reservoir behind Hezbollah

BEIRUT — For decades, the United States and Israel have repeatedly wagered that relentless pressure would erode the resolve of those loyal to the Resistance. 

By Shahrokh Saei 

Truce as trap

Israel’s Beirut strike exposes ceasefire as a cover for carnage, with Tabtabai’s killing raising fears of wider war

TEHRAN – Nearly a year after Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire, and just weeks after a truce with Hamas in Gaza, the situation on the ground shows that neither agreement has brought lasting calm.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Hezbollah’s unshakable echo: Mourning the mind that engineered resistance discourse

BEIRUT—With the assassination of Hajj Mohammad Afif Al-Naboulsi by the Zionist regime in an air raid in November last year, the Resistance loses not merely a media official, but one of the rare architects who shaped collective consciousness in times of war and calm alike. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

How Lebanese actors empower Israel

BEIRUT — Washington’s pressure campaign against Hezbollah is not new, but its latest tone is unmistakably sharper.

By Layla Saad

Voices of resistance dominate Beirut forum 

BEIRUT — The 34th session of the Arab National Conference opened in Beirut on Friday with the participation of more than 250 political, intellectual, and academic figures from across the Arab world.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Hezbollah’s open book: No compromise with the enemy

BEIRUT—Amid rising tremors along Lebanon’s southern frontier, Hezbollah unveiled an open letter directed both to the Lebanese people and to the nation’s three top officials: the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, and the Prime Minister.

By Shahab Sarmad

Disarmament is a fig leaf for Israel’s campaign to dominate Lebanon

TEHRAN – Israel’s latest deadly airstrikes in southern Lebanon are not breaches of a ceasefire. They are the continuation of a war strategy dressed up as security enforcement. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Hezbollah: Firm readiness for defense

Naim Qassem tells Israel: “What you failed to achieve before, you will not achieve again”

BEIRUT — In his first year as leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem has driven Hezbollah’s recovery, refusing to yield to grief or crisis and instead launching a disciplined campaign to rebuild its military, moral, and organizational strength.