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Lebanese gains from Syrian rebuilding may be limited

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LEBANON/SYRIA

Lebanese plans to gain from Syria's reconstruction.

Saudi focus on Iran risks stoking regional instability

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SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi policy in the Middle East.

Lebanese clash casts further doubt on government unity

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LEBANON

LEBANON: Clash casts further doubt on government unity

Militias could push the Syrian president towards Iran

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SYRIA

President Bashar al-Assad does not control most of the local and foreign militias that operate in his name in Syria. Some of those follow the policies of Iran’s Islamic Revolution…

Middle East refugee return would destabilise situation

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MIDDLE EAST

Regional host countries are increasingly calling for the voluntary or forced return of Syrian refugees at a time when Western countries are distracted by the flow of Ukrainian…

Army-Syria-Hezbollah ties will divide Lebanese sects

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LEBANON

Simultaneously, the Damascus regime and its ally Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Lebanese Shia political-military movement, are targeting the same pocket of IS militants from the Syrian…

A ‘Syrian front’ against Israel depends on Hezbollah

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SYRIA

SYRIA: Action against Israel depends on Hezbollah

Israel will play up Syria actions but avoid escalation

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ISRAEL

This comes amid a recent rise in Israeli military operations in Syria as part of efforts to prevent Iranian military entrenchment and supply of weapons to sympathetic groups.

Lebanon’s army faces rising pressure over Hezbollah

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LEBANON

Washington has provided more than 1.6 billion dollars’ worth of military aid since 2006, as part of efforts to maintain the neutrality of the Lebanese state. However, concerns are…

Israel and Iran will play a zero-sum game in Syria

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ISRAEL/IRAN

The Israeli military said it hit over 50 targets, including intelligence sites, logistics compounds, military posts and warehouses, as well as Syrian air defences that mobilised…