Some people asked me why I did not comment yet on the decision to extend the mandate of the current Lebanese parliament. The truth is that
Just six months ago, I was having a traditional Iraqi dinner with a friend in a building overlooking the Tigris River. But this was no ordinary Iraqi, and our surroundings were hardly luxurious.
Lebanon’s parliament failed to elect a successor within the constitutional timeframe before President Michel Suleiman’s term expired on May 25. Elie Abouaoun, the director of Middle East programs for the U.S.
Tunisia and Libya recently took diverging tracks in their political transitions. A USIP field mission to both countries to meet with political and civil society leaders
This copy of the official gazette shows that the ministry of interior (MoI) in Lebanon established an not for profit entity, founded by three governmental institutions