Batool Subeiti

When negotiation is unavoidable: Strategies of engagement and resistance

LONDON - Lebanon's government is under severe pressure. It is in a phase of accommodating imposed American demands, within the limits of what it is capable of achieving. Accommodating the American demands is one of the rare skills that Lebanon happens to master. The Lebanese state does not aim to benefit from the latent capabilities the resistance presents.

U.S. envoy threatens Lebanon with ‘inevitable’ Israeli assault

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack renewed threats against Lebanon on Monday in an opinion piece published on his social media account, warning that Beirut must “act” or face an “inevitable” Israeli assault.

Tom Barrack: US arms Lebanon to ‘fight its own people’

In an interview with the National released Monday, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack defended Washington’s push to make the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) the agent of Hezbollah’s disarmament — even as he conceded the U.S. will not equip the army to confront Israel.

US envoy’s outburst angers Lebanese, highlights stark difference with Iranian visit

TEHRAN – A visiting U.S. official, Tom Barrack, has managed to draw the fury of a lot of people in Lebanon after he lost his cool with local journalists. During a press conference in Beirut, he told them to shut up and called them "animalistic," demanding they act "civilized."

Outrage in Lebanon after US envoy calls journalists 'animalistic, uncivilized'

The Lebanese Press Editors Syndicate has demanded a public apology from US envoy Tom Barrack, in response to comments he made describing journalists at the presidential palace as “animalistic.”