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…adar. By the early 1970s, he and his fighters had been expelled by King Hussein’s army from Jordan and were re-based in Lebanon. Arafat was becoming a significant figure on the Arab and world political stage, and an increasingly uncomfortable thorn in Israel’s side. I was head of...

…ion. Miklos Pinther, former chief UN cartographer, who in 2000 oversaw the delineation of the Blue Line between Israel, Lebanon and Syria, compiled and produced the maps in this volume. Finally, my executive assistant, Jilla Moazami, gave invaluable administrative support. Withou...

…t wings within the self-styled "Party of God"? Hezbollah is many things. It is one of the dominant political parties in Lebanon, as well as a social and religious movement catering first and foremost -- though not exclusively -- to Lebanon's Shiite community. Hezbollah is also Le...

…classified 19 May, 2014 Article 1. The National Interest Which Road Will Egypt Take? Kathryn Alexeeff Article 2. Now Lebanon What Saudi-Iran talks could mean for Lebanon and the region Alex Rowell Article 3. The Economist India's next prime minister: The Modi era begins Art...

… ground the line of withdrawal. Such a line had to be, to the best of the United Nations’ knowledge, in conformity with Lebanon’s international boundar- ies. On this basis, and with the consent of the parties, the UN Secretary-General could then report to the Security Council and...

…stilities began, we would have to destroy radar and SAM sites in the Syrian-controlled Beka’a Valley further north into Lebanon. After the first costly days of the 1973 war in the Sinai, we were not about to enter a major conflict without ensuring air superiority. Unless the Syri...

… 17 March 2007 17 March 2007 29 March 2007 15 May 2007 30 May 2007 10 June 2007 UN Security Council Resolution 1559 (Lebanon). Yasir Arafat dies. The Executive Committee of the PLO elects Mahmoud Abbas as its leader. Agreement between Egypt and Israel on Qualifying Industri...

another Israeli unit broke through to the Beirut-Damascus road. On the far side of Lebanon’s capital city, they linked up with Bashir Gemayel’s Phalangists. I remember a mix of feelings at the time. Partly, amazement that through sheer determination and political maneuvering, Ar...

… and are often seen as having radically divergent and competing visions for the future of the region. Which is why, in Lebanon — a country where the two powers wield extensive influence over their respective allies — the news of a possible rapprochement has already sparked confi...

…ould be a fu// withdrawal to the border, fulfilling the terms of the Security Council resolution adopted after the 1982 Lebanon War. Ordinarily, an operation on this scale would have been carried out over a period of weeks. But when we handed over a pair of military strongholds...

…rch 28, 2011 -- Three Middle Eastern countries have been conspicuous for their stability in the storm. They are Turkey, Lebanon and Israel. An odd mix, you might say, but they have in common that they are places where people vote. Democracy is a messy all-or-nothing business. Th...

…ssessment was that this would bring pressure on the Lebanese government and, through the Lebanese, on the real power in Lebanon, the Syrians. I doubted Damascus would respond directly by telling Hizbollah to cease fire. I did believe they’d be ready to engage with American effort...

…Palestinian state once and for all. But I did know he had his eyes on a possible thrust across our northern border into Lebanon, where Arafat and the PLO were based. There was no public mention of any of this. But several times in 1981, I was ordered to move a large part of my d...

…ican hegemony. With backing from Washington, Israel has sought to smash Hezbollah (notably through its 2006 invasion of Lebanon) and detach Syria from Iran, a country Israel views as its most dangerous regional rival. Neither objective has so far been realized. But now that Syria...

…Palestinian state once and for all. But I did know he had his eyes on a possible thrust across our northern border into Lebanon, where Arafat and the PLO were based. There was no public mention of any of this. But several times in 1981, I was ordered to move a large part of my d...