Selected Articles, Case Studies,
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Sundries • Full Text: Lebanon's Policy Statement • Obituary: Poet who ruled the ‘country of words’ • Israel: Power struggle leads to Netanyahu - Profile • Qantar: reviled in Israel, a hero in Lebanon • Samir Kantar, the longest-serving Arab prisoner in Israel • Factbox: What is Hezbollah? • Lebanon: Radical Islam Comes to Town • Special Report: The Shiite Resurgence in the Middle East • Profiles: Lebanon's new government • Lineup, Shares: Lebanon's new government • Full Text: Seventh report of the UN secretary general on 1701 • Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 1701 • Siniora: Financier turned politician - Profile • Full Text: President Michel Sleiman's Oath Speech • Michel Sleiman and Tough Choices • Profiles of Lebanon's presidents since independence • Profiles: Lebanon presidential candidates • Role of army generals in Lebanese politics • Suleiman: symbol of unity in divided Lebanon • Profile: Suleiman Lebanon's ‘president of unity’ • Profiles: Lebanon presidential candidates • Profile: Suleiman Lebanon's ‘president of unity’ • General Michel Suleiman: From army chief to president • A New Player in the Middle East • Profile: Lebanon army chief widely respected • Background: Lebanon's presidency - a source of strife since 1976 • Major points in agreement signed by Lebanese factions • Full Text: President Bush's speech to the Israeli parliament • Factbox: Facts about Lebanon's Hezbollah • Chronology: Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing • Factbox: Conflict or concessions: scenarios for Lebanon • Profile: Nasrallah, a legend from war with Israel • Full Text: Friends of Lebanon Declaration • Full Text: Bellemare's First Report • Muqtada Al Sadr: Force to reckon with • Q&A: Who is Moqtada al-Sadr? • Iran, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction • Full Text: US annual report on human rights in Lebanon • Factbox: Islam has different branches around the world • Full Text: UN Secretary General 6th report on implementing resolution 1701 • Who Imad Mughniyeh really was? • Imad Mughniyeh's true legacy • Imad Mougnieh: Elusive Hezbollah leader • Lebanon’s Sunni Islamists—A Growing Force • Time Line: Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing • Profile: Imad Mughniyeh • Fact File: Attacks blamed on Mughniyeh • Profile: Slain general was a high-value target for the murderers • Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing • Background and aftermath: The second Lebanon war • Main players in Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah • Profiles of Israeli political leaders • Full Text: Bush's final State of the Union address • Factbox: Key players in Lebanon's political crisis • Background: Deadly attacks in Lebanon • Full transcript: President Bush's year-end news conference • Full Text: Aoun's Christian Overtures Document - Arabic • Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities - Full Report • Lebanon: IMF Report on Performance Under the Program Supported by Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance • Profile: Lebanon army chief widely respected • Profile: Lebanese army commander Michel Suleiman • Full Text: Brammertz 9th report on Hariri killing • List of those attending Middle East peace conference in Annapolis • A glance at past Mideast peacemaking • The core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict • Profile: Lahoud - Lebanon's controversial president • Profile: Emile Lahoud, remnant of Syrian domination • Profiles: Lebanon presidential candidates • The Real World: Gulf weapons market • Saudis make up 41% of foreign fighters in Iraq • The core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict • Background: Lebanon's presidency - a source of strife since 1976 • Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing • FACTBOX - Lebanon faces crucial week as president's term ends • Lebanon’s Presidential Front-Runners • Profile: Lahoud - Lebanon's controversial president • Profiles: Lebanon presidential candidates • Profile: Canadian to head Hariri case is international prosecution expert • Excerpts from Hezbollah chief November 11 speech • Full Text: US Assistant Secretary David Welch Statement on Lebanon • Full Text: US Congressman Ackerman Statement on Lebanon •   Report of the Secertary General on the implentation of of Security Council Resolution 1701 • Sixth semi-annual Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 • Full Text: UN Chief sixth semi-annual report on implementation of 1559 • Full Text: Rice-Paulson official statements on US new sanctions on Iran • Profile: The PKK • Background: Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails • ICG report on Hezbollah and the Lebanese crisis • Full Text: UNSC resolution 9130 on Lebanon • Full Text: US House of Representatives resolution on Lebanon • Fact File: Can Lebanon's rival camps elect president? • Fact File: Lebanon's leading presidential candidates • Full Text: UNSC presidential statement on MP Ghanem's assassination • The Future of Lebanon • Iran's land grap: Teheran buying up Lebanese villages via Hezbollah • Robert Rabil: Has Hezbollah's Rise Come at Syria's Expense? • Profile: General David Petraeus • James Phillips: Hezbollah's Terrorist Threat to the European Union • Full Text: Security Council extends UNIFIL mandate to 31 august 2008 • Full Text: UNSC presidential statement on arms smuggling to Lebanon • Brammertz briefs Security Council on Hariri murder probe: Full Report • Full Text: Brammertz 8th Report • Factfile: Costs of war and recovery in Lebanon and Israel • Factfile: War in Lebanon, one year ago • Full Text: Report by the SG on implementing UNSC 1701 • Full Text: US decision to ban entry by those threatening Lebanon's sovereignty • Full Text: Report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team • Transcript of President Bush's remarks at the War College • Full Text: Security Council presidential statement on Lebanon terrorist attack • Gaza Fact File • Gaza: Four days of war • Fact File: Recent killings of top Lebanese figures • Profile: Beirut MP Walid Eido • Full Text: UNSC presidential statement on implementing 1559 • Peres, Israel's indefatigable statesman • New light on Fatah el-Islam's actions in Lebanon • Full Text: UNSC Resolution 1757 • Family speaks of Fatah Islam leader • Claude Salahani: The shadowy origins of Fatah al-Islam • Fact File: Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing • Q&A: crisis in Lebanon • Fact File: A look at the fighting in Lebanon • The Mystery Militia In Lebanon • Fatah al-Islam: Obscure group emerges as Lebanon's newest security threat • Fatah al-Islam: shadowy Al-Qaeda inspired group • Fact File: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon • Q&A: Gaza's civil war • Palestinian security forces: who's who? • Nir Rossen: The Flight From Iraq • Full Text: Fifth Semi annual report on implementation of 1559 - Html • Full Text: Fifth Semi annual report on implementation of 1559 - Pdf • US State Department country report on Lebanon, Hezbollah • US State Department country report on state sponsors of terrorirm • Profile: Tzipi Livni, Israeli premier's leading party rival • The main findings of the Lebanon war panel • Full text: UNSC decision to assess arms smuggling into Lebanon • Hezbollah and Al Qaeda • Shi'ism on the Rise • Inside the real Iran • Full Text: UN Charter Chapter VII • Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 2006: Fact and Fiction • Ahmadinijad: Hardliner who gained power with help of mullahs • Fateh al-Islam: The untold story • Fact File: Al Qaeda settles in Lebanon • Full Text: Brammertz briefs SC on Hariri probe, says significant progres made • Full Text: UN report on the implementation of resolution 1701 Full Text: UN resolution 1701 (2006) • Full Text: Brammertz 7th Probe Report • Arab Islamic Movements and Lebanon War - Arabic • Lebanese origin billionaire Carlos Slim catching up with Gates, Buffet • Profile: Carlos Slim • List of the world's billionaires • Text of Palestinians’ Mecca Agreement • Profile: Jalal Talaban • Profile: Petraeus framed as man to rescue Bush Iraq policy • Profile:The IDF's new leader • Factbox: Key facts about Lebanon • Factbox: Lebanon's political crisis in outline • Profile: Lebanon divided on presidential hopeful Michel Aoun • Amal Saad-Ghorayeb: Hizbollah's Strategy in the Current Confrontation • Full Text: Halutz letter of resignation • Saudi Arabia casts wary eye on its Shiites • Rhetoric and Reality: The View from Iran • Geopolitical Diary: Back-Channel Negotiations Between Israel and Syria • Islam's Sunni-Shiite split: A look at the historic divide within the Muslim world • Secret understandings reached between Israel, Syria • Obituary: Barzan al-Tikriti • Hezbollah at War: A Militay Assessment - 24 Pages • Full Text: Lebanon economic reforms package for Paris III meeting • Saddam: From a Tikrit boy to butcher of Baghdad • Portrait of a dictator: Saddam Hussein in pictures • Obituary: Saddam Hussein • Profile: Dictator oppressed Iraq for decades • Chronology: The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein • Obituary: Saddam Hussein, megalomaniac who terrorized his own country • Full Text: Interview with Syrian FM walid Moallem • Full text: Brammertz Sixth Report • Full Text: UN security Council presidential statement on Lebanon • Full transcript of Rice's interview with AFP • Full Text: The Iraq Study Group Report • Lebanon's remarkable record of assassinations • By bomb and bullet, Lebanon's long record of political assassinations • Assassinated Lebanon politician was star • A warrior family beset by tragedy • Gemayel, member of a powerful dynasty • Attacks in Lebanon Since the 1970s • Facts about Lebanon's Gemayel family • A look at assassinations in Lebanon the past two years • TimeLine: Instability in Lebanon • Gemayel slaying is latest act in family’s turbulent history • Obituary: Pierre Gemayel • Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri: A man for all factions • Profile: Donald Rumsfeld • Key facts about Lebanon - October 31, 2006 • Full Text: UN Presidential Statement on 1559 • Full Text: UN 4th Semi-Annual Report on 1559 • Profile: Avigdor Lieberman: rising star of Israel's right • Sistani: The Grand Ayatollah Behind the Curtain • Text of Bush's news conference - October 26, 2006 • Fact File: UN troop numbers in Lebanon • Katsav: Israel's lacklustre president facing rape charges • Profile: Egypt Muslim Brotherhood's 'audacious' leader • Feature: Hassan al-Banna, founding father of Egypt's Muslim brotherhood • Lessons and Implications of the Israel-Hizballah War - 64 pages, 1.1 MB • Nuclear weapons: Who owns what • Egypt factfile • Chrono: Egypt's quarter century since Sadat assassination • Mubarak: Egypt's new 'pharaoh' and great survivor • Profile: The quiet diplomat who may lead the UN • Full Text: Brammertz Fifth Report • Profile: Yemen president one of the region's great survivors • Profile: Yemen's 'Mr Clean' flies opposition flag in poll • Profile: Anousheh Ansari: an Iranian woman's space odyssey • Factfile on Yemen • Profile: Veteran Yemen president one of region's great survivors • Profile: Yemen's 'Mr Clean' flies opposition flag in landmark poll • Full Text: Pope's Speech • Chrono: Attacks in Syria • Chrono: Gaza Strip timeline on anniversary of Israel pullout • Full Text: Lebanon paper to the Stockholm Conference • Obituary: Naguib Mahfouz • Fact File: Lebanon's army light on firepower and fighting experience • Timeline of war in Lebanon • Premier Siniora's Seven-Point Plan • Full Text: U.N. resolution on Lebanon cease-fire • Facts: Human and economic cost of one-month Israeli offensive • Factbox: Key facts on UN force in Lebanon • Military strength of Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah • Fact File: Iran's nuclear progress to uranium enrichment • Fact File: Provisional contributors to UN force in Lebanon • Fact File: France, Italy to provide core of UN force in Lebanon • Chrono: Iran nuclear standoff: four years of rising tension • The heavy human and economic cost of Lebanon war • Facts: Human and economic cost of one-month Israeli offensive • Profile: Moshe Katsav: Israel's president thrust into sex scandal • Hero or reckless? Nasrallah seen through Arab eyes • Profile: Hezbollah: the Party of God rains rockets on Israel • Feature: Hassan Nasrallah, new hero of the Islamic world • Factbox: Italy hosts conference on Lebanon crisis • Nasrallah: Hezbollah's charismatic leader who triggered crisis • Factfile on Lebanon • Factfile on Israel • Fact File: Iranian nuclear sites • Fact File: Uranium enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear dispute • Fact File: Defendants at Saddam's genocide trial • Background: Anfal: Saddam's alleged genocide against the Kurds • Profile: Chemical Ali: Saddam Hussein's most infamous hatchet man • Profile: Greying but unrepenting, Saddam back in the dock • Elias Bejjani: Shebaa Farms & The Hezbollah Facade • Premier Siniora's Seven-Point Plan • Gabriel Sawma: The Shebaa Farms and International Law • Military strength of Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah • Hero or reckless? Nasrallah seen through Arab eyes • Profile: Hezbollah: the Party of God rains rockets on Israel • Nasrallah: Israel's Lebanese bete noire • Profile: Hezbollah: the Party of God in Israel's sights • Profile: Hezbollah thorn in Israel side six years after pullout • Major operations in Lebanon since 1978 • Key facts about Lebanon's Hezbollah • Factfile on Lebanon • Factfile on Israel • Nasrallah: Israel's Lebanese bete noire • Hezbollah: the Party of God in Israel's sights • Facts and figures on Egypt's Suez Canal • Suez: The end of the road for Britain and France as world powers • Suez Canal: the most dramatic nationalisation in history • Middle Israel: What next for the petrodollar? • Palestinians working paper for dialogue outlines pending demands • Pro-Syrian Marada party re-surfaces with a revised platform • Raghad Hussein: the little Saddam • Iraq's 41 most wanted • Chrono: Taped recordings of Osama bin Laden • Facts: Gaza: impoverished smaller half of future Palestinian state • Kuwait factfile • Main points of Iraq PM's reconciliation plan • Profile: Saleh, shrewd politician ruling Yemen since 1978 • Full Text: UN resolution 1686 extending Hariri murder probe for one year • Full Text: Brammertz Second Report - English (Download size: 1.9 MB) • Excerpts: Brammertz Second Report - Arabic • The New Iraqi Government: Central Themes and Key Figures • Obituary: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi • Full Text: US State Department report on human traficking in Lebanon • Facts: Zarqawi, man of many words but few images • Profile: Zarqawi, from street thug to terror mastermind • Study: Sizing up Iran’s Military • Craig Whitlock: The Architect of the new war on the West • Study: The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood • Lebanon 'Islamic Liberation Party' calls for basing Constitution on Islamic law • Chrono: Statecraft and violence: Iraq's slow-motion politics • Blood, oil and ancient glories: a factfile on Iraq • Iraq parliament approves new security chiefs • Iraq's first permanent post-Saddam cabinet lineup - Formed Saturday, May 20, 2006 • Profile: Respected scientist takes Iraq oil post • Chrono: Iraq: three years of mayhem • Profile: No nonsense Iraq PM seeks to transcend Iraq schisms • Profile: Iraqi FM Zebari: a Kurd versed in Western ways • The new Iraqi government - Formed Saturday, May 20, 2006 • Lebanon 'Islamic Liberation Party' calls for basing Constitution on Islamic law • Full Text: Security Council Resolution 1680 on Lebanon • Fact File: Cyprus at a glance • Profile: Kadhafi: Maverick who brought Libya out of the cold • Beirut bombshell: Hariri assassination linked to al-Madina Bank collapse • Iran:Text of Ahmadinejad's letter to Bush • Chrono: Decades of bad blood between US and Iran • New book reveals Mossad hit methods • Profile: Wheeler-dealer Olmert takes Israeli helm • New Israeli government lineup • Brief portraits of key Israeli ministers • Profile: Honeymoon already over for Israel's incoming premier • Profile: Itzik, Israel's first woman speaker of parliament • Profile: Livni, Israel's prime minister in waiting • Profile: Peretz leads civilian revolution at Israel defence ministry • Previous Israeli prime ministers • Special Briefing on Release of Country Reports on Terrorism 2005 • US country reports on Terrorism: 2005 • Lahoud: Damascus protege at helm of divided Lebanon • Full Text: Bush order to freeze assets of Hariri assassination suspects •</