Weekend Reading: Lebanon and Iran in Syria, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and Rock Like an Egyptian

By experts and staff
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Steven A. CookCFR ExpertEni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies
Thanassis Cambanis claims that Lebanon’s Hizballah and the clerical regime in Iran are now fully vested factions in Syria’s civil war.
Hicham Mourad discusses the uneasy relationship between Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and the leaders in Saudi Arabia.
Angie Balata explores the history of rock music in Egypt.