Massaad Boulos

Sudan's RSF Claims Control of Last Army Stronghold in Darfur

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Sunday it had seized full control of El-Fasher, the last major city in the expansive Darfur region not in its hands, in a potential turning point in the country's unrelenting civil war. The announcement came just hours after it claimed to have captured the army's main base in the city, which it ...

Boulos: Hezbollah Disarmament a 'Red Line' for Washington

US President Donald Trump’s advisor on African affairs, Massaad Boulos, underscored that the disarmament of Hezbollah and the exclusive control of arms by the Lebanese state constitute a “red line” for Washington. In an interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Boulos reiterated US support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), highlighting ...

From Habib to... Boulos?

Will the 1982 scenario be repeated? At the time, Philip Habib, an American of Lebanese descent, was US President Ronald Reagan's emissary charged with resolving the Lebanese crisis. Mr. Habib was to transfer the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Yasser Rafat from Beirut to Tunisia and move Palestinian arms to Syria. Will US ...