By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Lebanon’s art of giving everything away for free

BEIRUT — For decades, Lebanon’s leaders have embraced a peculiar diplomatic approach: yield concession after concession, gain nothing in return, and feign surprise as the nation’s leverage steadily disappears.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Naqoura talks: Trojan Horse of economic and political normalization

BEIRUT—The Lebanese government’s decision to appoint former ambassador Simon Karam, a civilian with openly political positions, to lead the Lebanese delegation in the so-called Military Technical Committee meetings in Naqoura is not a procedural adjustment. Rather, it is a political landmine.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Sanctified semantics: Lebanon’s risky drift into the ‘Abrahamic’ politics

BEIRUT—President Joseph Aoun’s description of Lebanon as a place where “all the Children of Abraham can meet” was portrayed as a gesture of coexistence during his address to Pope Leo XIV.

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’s war anxiety: Between genuine peril and manufactured panic

BEIRUT- Lebanese society has long been marked by debates, disagreements, and deep ideological fault lines. Division is not a uniquely Lebanese pathology but a universal human reflex—dating back, as Rousseau suggested, to the moment the first man staked a claim and declared, “This is mine.”

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Will south Syria replicate south Lebanon’s experience?

BEIRUT — The dramatic events that shook Beit Jinn Friday at dawn have revived a question long whispered in regional security circles: Is south Syria on the cusp of developing its own south Lebanon–style Resistance model? 

By Mona Hojat Ansari

Iran's active diplomacy despite West's bad faith

Araghchi arrives in Paris for discussions on regional issues, bilateral relations, and the nuclear challenge

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Paris on Wednesday, attempting diplomacy amidst a dangerously escalating crisis where his country and the wider region have been subjected to an unrelenting vise imposed by the West, fuelling a growing conviction across West Asia, after almost two years of failed diplomatic efforts, that a more heavy-handed response is required against the Europeans, the Americans, and their sponsored proxy, Israel.

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. 

Iran held by Lebanon in AFC U17 Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers

TEHRAN - Lebanon fought back to secure a 1-1 draw with Iran in their AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Qualifiers Group D tie on Wednesday.

By Sondoss Al Asaad 

Hezbollah reshaping the battlefield before the fight

SOUTH LEBANON—Hezbollah has never fought from a position of conventional parity. It has always confronted an enemy with overwhelming technological capacity, vast intelligence resources, and near-limitless Western backing. Yet history established a stubborn truth: despite asymmetry, the Zionist enemy failed repeatedly to convert its intelligence superiority into decisive victory or reoccupation. 

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 Wesam Bahrani 

Who was Martyr Haitham Al-Tabtabai?

TEHRAN – The Military Media Unit of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has published a profile of senior military commander Haitham Ali Al-Tabtabai, known as Sayyed Abu Ali.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Is Iran truly the only file on Lebanese foreign minister’s desk?

SOUTH LEBANON — One might assume, from the noise, theatrics, and selective outrage, that the Lebanese Foreign Minister’s desk is buried under one file and that is Iran. Everything else, it seems, can wait.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Lebanon’s independence discourse: Between symbolism and strategic realities

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s 82nd Independence Day speech was made amid a national climate marked by uncertainty, sacrifice, and a persistent longing for a tangible, “third” independence, one defined by security, territorial integrity, and genuine sovereignty.

By Sondoss Al Asaad

Jabal Amel is cradle of resilience in Lebanon 

BEIRUT — On November 22, Lebanon marks its Independence Day — not as a ceremonial date, but as a reminder of a century-long struggle in which the Resistance stood at the forefront of expelling foreign occupiers and forging sovereignty.