Joyce Karam is the Washington Correspondent for Al-Hayat Newspaper, an International Arabic Daily based in London. She has covered American politics extensively since 2004 with focus on U.S. policy towards the Middle East. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/joyce-karam/rss en Displacement Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Joyce Karam https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/03/20/down-and-out-in-yabrud-and-tripoli-lebanon-suffers-syrias-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/03/20/down-and-out-in-yabrud-and-tripoli-lebanon-suffers-syrias-war Al Arabiya’s Joyce Karam on links between the two historic cities. Tripoli, in northern Lebanon, has started to protest against Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria. Lebanon, she says, has begun to “suffer” Syria’s war. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Fri, 03 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Joyce Karam https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/03/ominous-signs-for-lebanon-after-chatahs-assassination https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/03/ominous-signs-for-lebanon-after-chatahs-assassination 2013 ended on a very bad note for Lebanon with the assassination of the juggernaut anti-Assad strategist Mohammad Chatah in the heart of Beirut. Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Joyce Karam https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/15/why-the-u-s-congress-is-reluctant-on-syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/15/why-the-u-s-congress-is-reluctant-on-syria If you have been wondering where are the weapons and ammunition shipments that U.S. President Barack Obama had promised Syria’s rebels last month, the Congress has inadvertently answered this week, derailing any military aid to the opposition.