It was a mistake for Representative Howard Berman to lift a hold on $100 million of funding to the Lebanese Armed Forces. It is an open secret among Lebanese of all political stripes that Hezbollah has infiltrated the LAF.

Rescuing Lebanon from radicals and terrorists will require strong action, noticeably absent in recent U.S. policy.

Alas, if a story in The Guardian is correct, it appears the Obama administration really has no more moral grounding on Syria than the gadfly congressman.

At this event, panelists discussed U.S.-Syria policy.

The time has come to try again to oust Assad this timewith the newly energized Lebanese opposition.

Kurdistan has made incredible progress and enjoys sympathy from the West, but the murder of a 23-year-old journalist threatens to undermine the region's promising future.

The establishment in Washington has come up with a framework for a new Middle Eastthat includes bringing Syria back into the diplomatic fold. But will it work?

Developments in Turkey's foreign policy suggest that the Turkish government will pull away from Europe and the West, and instead pursue more exclusively relationships with the Middle East, Iran, Russia, and China.