#OPINION: What the US once regarded as “Tehran’s arms” in the Middle East have become part of a confrontation expanding in both space and time, driven by a political program whose

#OPINION: What the US once regarded as “Tehran’s arms” in the Middle East have become part of a confrontation expanding in both space and time, driven by a political program whose principal elements the US does not control alone, writes @eyad1949 Link Lebanon’s army: Dreaming of elusive joy Lebanon marked Army Day on Saturday. On Aug. 1, 1945, France — which had held mandatory power over Syria and Lebanon since 1920 — handed the military units under its control in the Levant to the