At dawn on Sunday, Saudi Arabia shattered the fragile calm on its border with Yemen. More than five artillery shells struck into the Qataber Border Directorate in the Saada province, wounding a Yemeni citizen and two African migrants.

Israel’s direct threats and media leaks about a new war with Lebanon have become more frequent in recent weeks.

Over the past fifteen years of war, Syria has suffered extensive capital flight, with much of its economic activity relocating abroad.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to request funding for an “emergency program” in Lebanon to respond to potential crises, including the possibility of another war with Israel.

An analysis paper published in June 2009 by the Saban Center, currently known as Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, has resurfaced, following the twelve-day war between Israel and Iran that occurred a month ago, on June 13.