Three ruptures—moral, strategic, and institutional—are ending Pax Americana as Gaza burns, Saudi Arabia hedges, and the Mecca Pact rises.
Browsing: Hezbollah
Ankara needs a sovereign Lebanese state for maritime agreements, yet Israel’s conditions push Lebanon toward the partition Turkey wants to avoid.
Washington defeated ISIS but lost Syria by separating counterterrorism from political strategy, enabling Assad’s allies and displacing millions.
Syria refuses military intervention in Lebanon, pursuing state-to-state ties through border security and economic cooperation instead.
Hezbollah recast its Ali Al Taher defeat as attrition, shifting narrative through five phases while Israel dismantled the tunnel complex.
Damascus absorbs designated extremists into its military while Turkey and Russia expand influence, complicating US counterterrorism objectives in Syria.
Iran’s missile forces survived two wars underground, but Tehran’s reliance on them may become a single point of failure.
A Pentagon report details billions in combat spending, military losses, damaged bases, and supply pressures linked to the Iran conflict.
Lebanon’s postwar reconstruction funds risk strengthening Hezbollah as Amal-linked bodies control aid delivery and political credit in the south.
Israel’s expanding occupation in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria reveals a deliberate policy, not a temporary wartime response.