The April/May 2006 issue of Mideast Monitor is available online at
http://www.mideastmonitor.org.  All of the articles below are freely
accessible.

LEBANON

The Counterrevolution of the Cedars
Gary C. Gambill
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_1.htm
The sclerotic governing elite of Syrian-occupied Lebanon has largely
survived the withdrawal of Syrian forces, but their drive to preserve and
expand its political and socio-economic inheritance has hit a snag.

Interview: Ghazi Aad
Bassam Endrawos
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_i.htm
The director of a Beirut-based human rights group discusses the hundreds of
Lebanese citizens still held illegally in Syrian prisons.    

IRAN

Iranian Public Opinion and the Nuclear Stand-Off
Mahan Abedin
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_3.htm
Few Iranians are displeased with their new president's nuclear
brinkmanship.  

Syria and Iran: An Enduring Axis
Abbas Willian Samii
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_4.htm
The relationship between Damascus and Tehran, one of the most enduring
regional alignments in the Middle East, is stronger than ever  

SYRIA

Dossier: The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
Gary C. Gambill
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0604/0604_2.htm
As Syrian President Bashar Assad grows more isolated, his regime's
arch-nemesis is gearing for a comeback.

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