Search: Lebanon,Iran (4 materials)

The Axis Of Resistance And The Problematics Of Israeli National Security

... axis of resistance, it is possible to emphasize the possibility and ability of the axis of resistance to launch a comprehensive attack on Israel (and not just adopt a defensive policy), whether through a barrage of drones and missiles from all fronts (Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza), which will be accompanied by an attack electronic, such that the “Iron Dome” defense system is unable to fully confront such a large-scale attack capable of striking and disrupting air and naval bases, army centers, and infrastructure ...

13.11.2023

Pandemic Amid an Economic Crisis: Challenges for Syria

... it safe. For example, on July 8, 2020, Amazon, the biggest American e-commerce platform, decided to pay the U.S. Treasury retroactively a voluntary sum of 134,523 U.S. dollars for supplying goods and services to Syria (as well as to the sanctioned Iran and Crimea) for the period from November 5, 2011, to October 18, 2018. In seemingly friendly Lebanon, which is in dire need of Western donor assistance to overcome its own crisis, the authorities seem to be ready to do anything to avoid falling under the "Caesar sanctions". For example, on September 6, 2020, local customs officers arrested ...

09.11.2020

2020 Forecast: Revealing the Future of the Middle East

... region. While the protests in Iraq and Lebanon will continue to achieve their goals with international support. Many demonstrations will be fuelled in other Middle Eastern states starting from Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, and some Gulf nations. As pro-Iran forces control Iraq and Lebanon, Tehran is likely to persuade its allies to make some concessions. This will require the efforts of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps to intervene when ordered. Thus, three main focal points will prevail in 2020: First: the impact of global economic ...

13.01.2020

Autumn Suspense in Lebanon III: Prime Minister’s Office on the Brink

... November 4, 2017, Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri announced his resignation on Saudi television. In his speech, Hariri accused Iran of spreading discord in the region, motivated by hatred for Arabs, and called Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement “Iran’s arm in Lebanon and other Arab countries” (meaning, of course, Syria). The Lebanese politician, who holds Saudi citizenship and owns Saudi Oger (a construction company that declared bankruptcy in the summer), arrived in the Kingdom on November 3, made his ...

22.11.2017

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