Economic duress notwithstanding, Beirut won’t come to a natural-gas agreement with Jerusalem.

What an explosion under a mosque reveals.

Who is Ali Hassan Haliwa?

All it needs is some American patience and support.

Welcome to the Ponzi scheme.

For all the power of its militias, Tehran relies on an aura of inevitability.

The secret of its success has been the success of its secrecy.

And further crippling the Lebanese economy in the process.

The new government puts the country more firmly in Iran’s clutches.

Border towns have seen a half-century of violence, and expect more.

Boosting Syria and Hizballah at the same time.

With Hizballah’s guns trained on the Lebanese people, efforts to promote democracy and reform will hit a wall.

The managing partner for Iran’s network of proxy armies.

An international force cowed by Hizballah can’t keep the terrorist group in line.