If Lebanon Fails, So Does the Middle East - Middle East Forum
Civil War Middle East Quarterly: Is the civil war in Lebanon permanently over? Michel Aoun: Personally, I never call the war in Lebanon a civil war. It was a war between the country to the …
What Does the Election of President Joseph Aoun Mean for …
Jan 18, 2025 · In a landmark election, the Lebanese parliament elected Joseph Aoun on January 9, 2025, to be the country’s fourteenth president since its 1943 independence. Israel’s …
The Lebanese Forces: Emergence and Transformation of the …
Jan 23, 2025 · Prime Minister Michel Aoun’s “war of liberation” in 1990 against Syrian forces offered some hope when it mobilized widespread popular enthusiasm, only to culminate in …
Lebanon's Shiite-Maronite Alliance of Hypocrisy
Jun 1, 2012 · Politics makes strange bedfellows as Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (left), a Shiite, joins Michel Aoun, a Christian Maronite and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, …
Violence and Diplomacy in Lebanon: The Troubled Years, 1982-1988
May 17, 1983 · A mere fifteen minutes before his presidential term was about to expire, Gemayel invited Michel Aoun to form a government; to make matters stranger yet, Gemayel had …
Foreign Aid Is Ruining Lebanon - Middle East Forum
Oct 9, 2024 · In November 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury press release detailed how Gibran Bassil, a Maronite Christian and son-in-law of then-President Michel Aoun, channeled …
The Political Isolation of Lebanese Sunnis - Middle East Forum
Jun 1, 2013 · Another Maronite politician, Minister of Energy Jubran Bassil (son-in-law of the Free Patriotic Movement’s leader Michel Aoun) went to the extent of proposing shutting the border …
Funding Lebanon is Funding Hezbollah - Middle East Forum
Jan 13, 2020 · Nabih Berri, the Amal movement party leader, is the speaker of a parliament controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, wouldn’t be president without …
Can the Lebanese End the Hezbollah Dystopia? - Middle East Forum
Jul 13, 2022 · Political allies benefit from Hezbollah’s strength and popularity or are protected by it. The founder of the Free Patriotic Movement, Michel Aoun, signed a memorandum of …
Lebanon's Elections: Hezbollah Triumphant? - Middle East Forum
May 8, 2018 · As such he is a counterweight to President Michel Aoun and Hezbollah’s allies. However, the days when the Lebanese Forces were an armed force like Hezbollah are over …