Trump Shouldn’t Repeat Reagan’s or Biden’s Mistakes with Lebanon
Jan 7, 2025 · Hochstein then shifted his efforts toward the remaining Shia leadership, particularly Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri. The U.S. rationale was that Berri could broker a ceasefire with Hezbollah. This unnecessarily not only threw a lifeline to Hezbollah but also empowered one of its greatest allies and one of Lebanon’s most corrupt figures.
Foreign Aid Is Ruining Lebanon - Middle East Forum
Oct 9, 2024 · Lebanese, for example, speak derisively about both Nabih Berri, the Shi’ite speaker of parliament, and his wife Randa Assi Berri, “Madame Berri” as Lebanese call her, as they whisper about her role especially in embezzlement from state projects, especially as they siphon money away from the state-run “Council for the South.”
Israel Won’t Be Distracted by Ceasefire Talks
Oct 23, 2024 · Hochstein, speaking after meetings with Lebanese parliamentary speaker and Amal movement leader Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati, said that only a new mechanism to ensure that UN resolution 1701 was implemented ‘fairly, accurately and transparently’ could ensure an end to the war.
Hizbullah: A Mission to Nowhere - Middle East Forum
Dec 9, 2024 · Revolutionary Guard commander Ali Shamkhani molded seven Lebanese Shiite groups, all disaffected with Nabih Berri’s Amal Movement, into what became Hezbollah. From the outset, Hezbollah clearly articulated its commitment to the principle of wilayat al-faqih , guardianship by jurists, and to Iran’s supreme leader.
Tony Badran: Lebanon Protests Fueled by "Endemic Corruption" of ...
Nov 27, 2019 · Though Shi’a protestors in Beirut and the Beqaa have avoided challenging Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah by name, they have openly attacked “various MPs of Hezbollah” by name, as well as Hezbollah ally Nabih Berri, who heads the pro-Syrian Shi’a Amal movement.
Can the Lebanese End the Hezbollah Dystopia? - Middle East Forum
Jul 13, 2022 · Amal, particularly its leader Nabih Berri, has increased his stature by being a conduit for dialogue between the United States and Hezbollah during times of war and escalation. Another party member, former member and current parliamentarian Ali Hassan Khalil, received an arrest warrant regarding the Beirut Port blast.
Will Syria's Strife Rip Lebanon Apart? - Middle East Forum
Oct 21, 2012 · Nabih Berri, Amal’s leader, has remained mostly quiet on the developments in Syria, neither praising the Syrian regime nor criticizing the opposition, delegating these tasks to second tier members of the movement.
Funding Lebanon is Funding Hezbollah - Middle East Forum
Jan 13, 2020 · Nabih Berri, the Amal movement party leader, is the speaker of a parliament controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanon’s president, Michel Aoun, wouldn’t be president without Hezbollah’s approval, which he first earned in 2006 by allying his Free Patriotic Movement to the Shia terrorist organization.
The Pragmatics of Lebanon's Politics - Middle East Forum
Even Nabih Berri, speaker of parliament and leader of the Shiite Amal movement—who showered Hezbollah with praise and defended its right to resist “the Israeli occupation” as “nonnegotiable” —was paraphrased by a released Wikileaks cable as having privately said that “he supported Israeli military action against Hezbollah in 2006 ...
The Political Isolation of Lebanese Sunnis - Middle East Forum
Jun 1, 2013 · It fit well into Lebanon’s politics of accommodation and sectarian balance. This led Nabih Berri, the speaker of the House and leader of Amal Movement, to withdraw the hybrid proposal saying it had become a point of contention among rival groups.