By Sondoss Al Asaad 

How Washington and its allies are rewriting Lebanon’s future

BEIRUT — Lebanon stands at a decisive juncture. External powers, led by the United States and supported by Israel, are accelerating efforts to reshape the country’s political and military landscape.

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

Washington’s truce mechanism aimed to turn Lebanon into next Syria

BEIRUT — Political and military developments in Lebanon are accelerating amid increasing U.S.-Israeli pressure and attempts to redraw the rules of engagement in South Lebanon through the five-member committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire between Lebanon and the Zionist entity.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Washington’s pressure and Lebanon’s slide toward forced normalization

BEIRUT — The recent talk of a “negotiation option” announced by President Joseph Aoun has reignited one of Lebanon’s most dangerous debates, that of normalization disguised as pragmatism. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Electoral crisis and shadow of Geagea’s presidential ambition

A dispute over expatriate voting exposes Lebanon’s entrenched political maneuvering and paralysis

BEIRUT — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet has postponed a decision on proposed electoral amendments until Thursday, awaiting the report of a ministerial committee tasked with reviewing the changes. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Thomas Barrack’s ‘failed state’ narrative masks Washington’s missteps

BEIRUT— U.S. foreign policy, long celebrated by Washington as a beacon of democracy and human rights, is in reality a carefully engineered system of global corruption and control. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Washington is instigator rather than mediator

BEIRUT—Since the outbreak of the ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and West Asia at large, Washington has entrenched its role as the region’s primary instigator, not a neutral mediator. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

A quixotic acrobatic stunt: Why Geagea is seeking to postpone parliamentary elections

BEIRUT— Amid escalating tensions in Lebanon, the Lebanese Forces' (LF) disruption of parliamentary sessions is not merely procedural obstruction; rather, it reflects a calculated political maneuver intricately linked to domestic, regional, and international dynamics.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Israel wages war on Lebanon from Safed under Washington’s direction 

BEIRUT — A consistent pattern of conflict connects Lebanon's past and present confrontations with American power, from the mountain outposts of Safed to the corridors of the Pentagon. 

By Sondoss Al Asaad

How Nawaf Salam’s cabinet is handing maritime resources to Israel!

BEIRUT — On October 23, 2025, Lebanon crossed a perilous threshold under Nawaf Salam’s leadership, with his cabinet appearing almost dedicated to national self-sabotage.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

The animalistic behavior of US envoy towards Lebanon intensifies 

BEIRUT—In a dangerous escalation that highlights American intimidation against Lebanon, U.S. envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack has unleashed a series of inflammatory statements through his X account, threatening Lebanon with civil war and Israeli aggression if it refuses to normalize relations with Israel under the so-called Abraham Accords.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Sit-in before Iranian embassy in Lebanon to seek Iran’s help for reconstruction

BEIRUT — At a time when some Lebanese politicians are racing to repeat Washington’s narratives about the “Iranian occupation of Lebanon,” the people of the border villages in the South are presenting the exact opposite picture: The residents of the border villages staged a sit-in in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut, not to protest against it, but to seek Iran’s assistance to return to their villages from which they were displaced by repeated Israeli attacks.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Targeting Lebanon's infrastructure: A war on the foundations of resilience

BEIRUT—In modern warfare, battles are no longer fought solely on military frontlines. Vital infrastructure, the backbone of daily life, has become a deliberate target in a strategy aimed at breaking the will of the Lebanese people and undermining their resilience.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Israel deliberately kills Lebanese women amid silence of women’s rights bodies 

SOUTH LEBANON — At a time when the world is singing the praises of human rights and equality, Lebanese women are being slaughtered by Israeli missiles amidst the deafening silence of women’s rights organizations that have long claimed to defend women and their dignity.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Israel seeking to turn South Lebanon into a de facto buffer zone

Lebanon facing environmental, cultural, and military assaults

BEIRUT—Lebanon is experiencing a complex moment, facing continuous Israeli bombardment, severe political divisions, and increasing economic and diplomatic pressures.