Hezbollah and Amal are forging ahead with Lebanon’s May elections, their alliance firm and candidate lists unchanged.
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Lebanon is trapped between Hezbollah’s pledge to defend Iran and Israel’s relentless strikes, leaving its sovereignty hollow.
Hezbollah maintains strategic ambiguity over joining a U.S.-Iran war, fearing another devastating round; Israel may preemptively strike.
Hezbollah says it will not be neutral if the U.S. attacks Iran, but its capabilities are degraded and Lebanon shattered.
Lebanon’s ceasefire is collapsing under near-daily Israeli strikes, deepening a humanitarian emergency in a country already shattered by economic collapse.
Lebanon’s Sunni Quwwat al-Fajr has joined Hezbollah against Israel, a significant and divisive shift within the Sunni community.
U.S.-Israeli talks with Lebanon are stalled because Washington and Tel Aviv seek to impose normalization, not implement the ceasefire.
Lebanon’s disarmament push reverberates in Iraq, deepening the divide between sovereignty advocates and those who see selective enforcement.
Lebanon’s interest lies in disengaging from Gaza and prioritizing its own sovereignty and reconstruction over illusions of strength.
Leaked recordings suggest former Assad officers in Lebanon are discussing plans to destabilize Syria, straining Syrian-Lebanese relations.