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ganization's relations with Damascus. Hamdan added that ties with Hezbollah are good and that he continues to carry out his work from his office in Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold. Another Palestinian resistance official, who spoke with Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, said tha

n't exercise EFTA00717212 his capacity to significantly damage Western interests in the Middle East if he so chooses. Josh Cohen is a former US. State Department official who was involved in managing economic reform projects in the former Soviet Union. NYT The Unlikely Road to War oR ger Cohen March 17,

to-join-lebanon-blast- probe-if-credible-and-transparent-idUSKBN25N16G> (8/27) reports, "Canada has offered to join Lebanon's investigation into the Beirut port explosion on condition that it is credible and transparent, the visiting foreign minister said on Thursday." Lebanese President Michel Aoun "in

ng that Secretary of State Pompeo's speech to the RNC was an "egregious violation" of the Hatch Act. The AP says "the speech shattered longstanding State Department precedent and even went against the guidance Pompeo issued to American diplomats last month." WPost Style Column Considers Conway's Use Of "Excuse

l recently, it is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime ministe=. Iran's appeal has been tainted by the brutal tactics of its allies, in=Damascus and Beirut, who may remain strong materially but have lost out in=terms of image and ideas. The long-term decline of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East p

rom the United States =or selling technologies that the United States says could help Iran, Syria=and North Korea develop unconventional weapons. A State Department spokesw=man said this month that American officials had expressed to the Turkish g=vernment "serious concerns" about the deal, which has not yet bee

RNATIONAL RELATIONS Canada Offers To Join Lebanon Blast Probe. Reuters (8/27) reports, "Canada has offered to join Lebanon's investigation into the Beirut port explosion on condition that it is credible and transparent, the visiting foreign minister said on Thursday." Lebanese President Michel Aoun "i

ng that Secretary of State Pompeo's speech to the RNC was an "egregious violation" of the Hatch Act. The AP says "the speech shattered longstanding State Department precedent and even went against the guidance Pompeo issued to American diplomats last month." WPost Style Column Considers Conway's Use Of "Excuse

tand such pressures. (Additional reporting by William Maclean in Dubai, Arshad Mohammed in Washington, Mahmoud Harby in Kuwait and Dominic Evans in Beirut; EFTA00636684 editing by David Stamp_) The Guardian Israel's new focus on the Iran nuclear deal Michael Herzog 1 December 2013 -- The interim

ould be wise to nurture this rare bipartisan unity as much as the international coalition it has assembled against Iran. It was Condoleezza Rice's State Department, after all, that originated the notion of a two-track policy of steadily increasing economic pressure on Iran while seeking a diplomatic settlement

movie that starred Bashar's father, Hafez, exactly 30 years ago this month. I know. I saw the original. It was April 1982 and I had just arrived in Beirut as a reporter for The New York Times. I quickly heard terrifying stories about an uprising that had happened in February in the Syrian town of Ham

nctions, the proper environment now exists for diplomacy to work. The next few months will determine whether it succeeds. Dennis B. Ross, a former State Department and National Security Council official, was a special assistant to President Obama for the Middle East, Afghanistan and South Asia from 2009 to 20

RNATIONAL RELATIONS Canada Offers To Join Lebanon Blast Probe. Reuters (8/27) reports, "Canada has offered to join Lebanon's investigation into the Beirut port explosion on condition that it is credible and transparent, the visiting foreign minister said on Thursday." Lebanese President Michel Aoun "i

ng that Secretary of State Pompeo's speech to the RNC was an "egregious violation" of the Hatch Act. The AP says "the speech shattered longstanding State Department precedent and even went against the guidance Pompeo issued to American diplomats last month." WPost Style Column Considers Conway's Use Of "Excuse

ld of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe, the State Department poured hundreds of millions into a new public- di

sts. To understand America’s current standing in the Arab world 10 years after 9/11, it’s instructive to visit Obros, a coffeehouse-cum-nightclub in Beirut. The place is a tribute to Kennedy-era “American kitsch,” and its 35-year-old proprietor Joulan El Aschkar displays a sophisticated touch, from Pierr