Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq?

Posted by Reese Erlich on November 19, 2019 · Leave a Comment 


Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination By Reese Erlich 48 Hills, November 16, 2019 Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Lebanese have been demonstrating in the streets against corruption and for democratic rights. … Continue reading →

Category Foreign Correspondent Syndicated Column, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon

Syria spillover into Lebanon furthers intra-Muslim conflict in Mideast

Posted by Reese Erlich on July 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment 


Hezbollah claimed victory over the Free Syrian Army in Qusayr, but its entry into the war is fueling Sunni-Shia violence at home. Reese Erlich, GlobalPost, June 10, 2013 HERMEL, Lebanon — The strategic city of Qusayr in Syria has fallen to the Syrian Army, and the shock waves are still being felt in Lebanon, where … Continue reading →

Category Lebanon, Syria

Syrian Christians become kidnapping targets, flee to Lebanon

Posted by Reese Erlich on July 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment 


Syria’s civil war is empowering extremists and squeezing Christians. by Reese Erlich, July 10, 2013 GlobalPost BEIRUT, Lebanon — A Syrian rebel group took credit for setting off a bomb in a supermarket parking lot in a part of southern Beirut populated with Hezbollah supporters Tuesday. Fifty-three people were injured, according to Lebanese health officials. … Continue reading →

Category Lebanon, Syria