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Sam Menassa

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12
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Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Sam Menassa

    What Does the Houthi Expansion Mean for Lebanon? (opens the original)

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    Mocha is not on Lebanon’s border, nor does Mayun Island overlook the eastern Mediterranean. Yet Houthi control over both could have direct repercussions for Lebanon. The transformation of the Houthis from an illegitimate armed group controlling key parts of Yemen into a more entrenched regional actor does not merely alter the balance of the Yemeni war; it also reshapes roles within Iran’s regional axis and raises questions about Hezbollah’s place within it after its recent losses. Has Iran found

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Sam Menassa

    UNIFIL After 48 Years and Four Wars (opens the original)

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    The debate in Lebanon turns on the vacuum that the end of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission might leave behind. But the more useful question is not whether these forces should be kept, or a similar force substituted for them, but whether Lebanon is ready to move from managing the conflict to treating its causes: Hezbollah's weapons outside the authority of the state, the decision of war and peace, and the continuing conflict with Israel. UNIFIL was established in 1978,

  3. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Sam Menassa

    Syria and the Turkish-Israeli Tensions (opens the original)

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    The Turkish-Israeli tension is no longer merely a reflection of the disagreement over Gaza or of the political enmity between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Developments in Syria and Lebanon reveal that the relationship has moved to a deeper level of competition over shaping the balance of power in the Middle East after the US-Iran war and the decline in Tehran's ability to play its former regional role. So will Türkiye become Israel's principal reg

  4. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Sam Menassa

    Will Eisenkot Lead a Different Israel? (opens the original)

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    The Israeli elections set for October 27 carry exceptional weight- not only because they could close Benjamin Netanyahu's long chapter, but because they are being held amid upheavals stretching from Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria to the US-Iranian war and its regional fallout. Gadi Eisenkot has emerged as a serious challenger to Netanyahu, which makes the stakes larger than the identity of the next prime minister: they extend to the possibility of changing Israel's destructive approach, even if no fun

  5. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Sam Menassa

    Between a Model Lebanon and ‘Pilot Areas’ (opens the original)

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    The 60-day window that the American-Iranian memorandum of understanding set aside for negotiating a final agreement has now closed. Tension is rising, and there is no visible path toward addressing the causes of the war. As the United States and Israel move deeper into their election seasons, the odds of a major political breakthrough in the near term keep falling and Lebanon remains suspended between war and non-war. Israel has not withdrawn. No progress has been made over Hezbollah's weapons.

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