Statement of American Task Force for Lebanon on Suicide Bombings in Lebanon
The American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) condemns the horrific bombings yesterday in Lebanon’s Southern Suburbs of Beirut. Updated...
Can safe zones work for Lebanon’s refugees?
Lebanese officials are always calling the crisis du jour “existential,” yet Lebanon manages to endure. But the Syrian refugee crisis just...
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Saving the Lost Generation and the Communities that Serve Them
The Syrian refugee crisis is nearing a tipping point, beyond which no near-term solutions are possible. On this website, many of us have...
Electing a President for Lebanon – Like in 2008?
Lebanon has not had a president – who must be a Maronite Christian under a power-sharing agreement – since President Michel Sleiman’s...
ATFL Urges US to Resettle More Than 10,000 Syrian Refugees and Expedite Vetting
The American Task Force for Lebanon urges the Administration to resettle more than 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States over the...
Lebanon Still Fighting a Different Kind of War
Although the “hot” wars have ended, Lebanon is still fighting a different kind of war: the war against landmine and cluster-munition...
ATFL Names Security Expert and Auto Industry Veteran Leslie Touma as Executive Director
The American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) announced today that security expert and automotive industry veteran Leslie Touma will replace...
Words of Wisdom: Dr. George Cody
Project: Cedar has asked me to write some Words of Wisdom beginning with this question: What does my Lebanese heritage mean to me? With...
Unspecified “Glitches” Delay US Equipment Sale to LAF
Fighting to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity is hard enough without unforeseen glitches that may delay if not derail a pending...
Letter to Editor in Washington Post
I couldn’t agree more with Fred Hiatt’s assessment of the moral failings of our Syria policy. It’s difficult to appreciate the horrendous...
Running a Lebanese City
In addition to serving as Vice Chairman of INDEVCO (Industrial Development Company), a Lebanon-based company manufacturing paperboard,...
Lebanon: A Crisis of Governance
The streets of Beirut are once again filled with the voices of angry citizens fed up with a system increasingly incapable of addressing...
High Stakes Among the Jet Set – Casino du Liban
I want to tell you about the famed Casino du Liban, which epitomized Lebanon as a destination for the international jet set in the 1960s....
