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Why Hezbollah is Bringing Iranian Fuel to Lebanon

August 24, 2021 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Lebanon, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Saudi Arabia, Shortages of Supplies, Syria, US Hypocrisy

by Radwan Mortada, published on The Cradle, August 23, 2021 With the war in Afghanistan winding down, US abuses of power and the incompetence of their puppets are bared for all to see. Lebanon’s economy is collapsing from similarly incompetent Saudi controlled and western manipulated politicians and financial officers, the Caesar sanctions on Syria, its primary trading partner, and a[…]

How the US Helped Push Lebanon to The Brink of Collapse

August 26, 2020 UNAC Editor Economic Blockade, Economic Collapse, Lebanon, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Ben Norton, published on The Grayzone, August 13, 2020 As the people of Lebanon suffer through one of the worst economic crises in their nation’s conflict-ridden history, the Donald Trump administration is exploiting the disaster to force regime change and weaken Lebanese resistance groups. A massive explosion on August 4 devastated Lebanon’s capital Beirut, killing more than 150 people,[…]

A Deep Cut on Lebanon

August 16, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Lebanon

by Jeremy Salt, published on the American Herald Tribune, August 11, 2020 In the old days there was no more charming city in the eastern Mediterranean than Beirut. Set on a maritime plain with the mountains rising dramatically behind it, the scenery was magnificent, the culture charming, the people hospitable and the city rich in history. Unfortunately, however, Lebanon’s prime[…]

Defiance Against US Dollar War and Caesar Act Sanctions

June 20, 2020 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Syria

by Hassan Nasrallah, published on Centre for Counter Hegemonic Studies, June 16, 2020 Extract from the translation of a speech on June 16, 2020. He is talking about the effects of the increasing US economic war on Lebanon (and also Syria). This is interesting as it is an international reflection of the struggles of domestic resistance to the US racist[…]

U.S. Role in Lebanon’s Crisis Goes Unrecognized

December 7, 2019 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Lebanon, Middle East Wars, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by As’ad Abukhalil, published on Consortium News, December 24, 2019 Of all the underlying causes of Lebanon’s current crisis, the role of the U.S. remains the least recognized, not only by Western media but also that of Lebanon. Search “Lebanon crisis” under “news” on Google and you are unlikely to find any headlines mentioning the U.S. A more targeted search[…]

Secret Document Reveals US Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, False Flags and Israeli Intervention

November 28, 2019 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Middle East Wars

Yes, this article was published in April. However, the plan in question is flowering now. Though the extreme US and Israeli goals of this plan are unlikely to result, the protests like so many around the world, are being hijacked. They are mutating, becoming violent, rejecting the resolution of their original demands, and calling for the destruction of popular leadership[…]

Beirut is Burning

November 1, 2019 UNAC Editor Lebanon, Protest

by Andre Vltchek, published on Countercurrents, October 30, 2019 Tires are burning, smoke is rising towards the sky. It is October, the 18th day of the month, the capital city of Lebanon, in the past known as the “Paris of the East”, is covered in smoke. For years I was warning that the country governed by corrupt, indifferent elites, could[…]

The West & Gulf Couldn’t Sway These Lebanese Elections

June 12, 2018 UNAC Editor Democracy, Lebanon, US Hypocrisy

by As’ad AbuKhalil, written for Consortium News, May 31, 2018 The recent Lebanese parliamentary election generated a lot of publicity in Western media. To be sure, free elections are rare in the Middle East, and Western media get excited over the prospects of success for what they dub as “pro-Western” candidates or coalitions anywhere. Also because foes of Israel and[…]