The frequently voiced fear that the Syrian crisis could engulf the region is unlikely to be realized in one earth-shattering event. Instead it will leak across borders, a contact corrosion that, once established, will likely prove impossible to eradicate. In neighboring Lebanon, it has...

It’s no secret that Lebanon and Syria are intertwined politically, economically, and socially in ways that have become all the more evident since the war started raging in Syria more than two years ago. A new study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, or...

Several people have been killed in a powerful explosion that rocked the stronghold of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut. Reuters witness at the scene said at least five buildings were damaged and many cars in the area were destroyed. The blast...

More than 9450 Syrian students are doing their  baccalaureate  exams today under the surveillance and monitoring of the Opposition in the liberated areas in Aleepo, al-Raqqa, Idlib, Deir Ez Zour and in the refugee camps of Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.  An opposition...