Ali al-Amin

Ali al-Amin is a Lebanese writer.

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Activists argue with a Lebanese army officer during a protest against the failure of rival political factions to agree on forming a new government, December 23. (dpa)
Why Lebanon’s problems serve the interests of Hezbollah
January 05, 2019
New dilemma. A man holds a Hezbollah flag at Meis al-Jabal village in south Lebanon, December 9. (Reuters)
How Lebanon was trapped in Hezbollah’s tunnels
December 15, 2018
An Iranian woman walks by a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. (AFP)
Iran’s regime has a track record of defeats
November 10, 2018
Billboards from Hezbollah’s Committee for the Support of the Islamic Resistance on display on the Beirut airport highway. (AP)
Hezbollah in control of Lebanon’s two branches of power
November 03, 2018
A file picture shows a Lebanese man holding a safe during a mass rally against corrupt politicians at the iconic Martyrs Square in Beirut. (AFP)
Political greed could doom Lebanon
October 20, 2018
Vicious dominance. Supporters of Lebanon’s Shia movement Hezbollah hold posters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and the movement’s slain former military commander Imad Mughniyeh during a parade in Beirut, last September.(AFP)
Lebanese innovation stronger than Iran’s grip
October 13, 2018
A Lebanese protester holds a placard during a demonstration against corruption in Beirut. (AP)
Fraying of the state threatens Lebanon with chaos
August 11, 2018
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun (L) meets with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda, on June 22. (Reuters)
Iran’s kidnapping of the Lebanese government will not work
July 28, 2018
A Syrian man cries as people look for survivors at the site of Syrian regime strikes in Douma, last February. (AFP)
Assad’s gift to Netanyahu
July 14, 2018
Populist approach. Lebanese Foreign Minister Gibran Bassil, escorted by Lebanese soldiers, visits a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, on June 13. (AP)
The question of Syrian refugees highlights political callousness in Lebanon
June 22, 2018
Precarious peace. A UNIFIL vehicle drives by in south Lebanon as Israeli troops stand guard near the fence separating Lebanon from Israel, on June 8. (AFP)
Negotiations about Lebanon’s southern borders are connected to developments in southern Syria
June 16, 2018
Members of Hezbollah parliamentary bloc applaud after Nabih Berri is re-elected as Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker, on May 23.(Reuters)
Hezbollah derives its clout from outside the Lebanese state
June 02, 2018
Supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Amal Movement gesture as they ride in a car in Marjayoun, on May 7. (Reuters)
Lebanon cannot live outside its Arab environment
May 19, 2018
Heated dissonance. Supporters of Amal movement hold the party’s flag near burning tires in Beirut, on January 29. (Reuters)
Lebanese Christians shocked over Shia politics but this could be just the beginning
February 10, 2018
Delicate equation. A file picture shows a protester holding up a banner during a march against Lebanon’s sectarian political system in Beirut. (Reuters)
Hezbollah’s wrong bets in Lebanese elections
January 26, 2018

Iran’s forget-me-not signals
January 04, 2018

Palestine and the Iranian project
December 03, 2017

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad Ali Jafari, has been show

Games Hezbollah and Iran play
September 16, 2017

Earlier this month Israeli warplanes bombarded a new a Syrian research facility in Hama alleged t

Iran’s post-ISIS game
September 09, 2017

It wasn’t Bashar Assad’s ex­ploding barrels nor his dead­ly siege of the city of Madaya nor his d

Lebanon will not be domesticated
August 19, 2017

Lebanon’s public debt has reached $180 bil­lion and the annual deficit is at 60% in a budget of n