Hezbollah survives by outsourcing social costs to charities and political cover to Berri, shielding itself from disarmament pressure.
Browsing: Lebanon
Washington’s influence may fade after Israel’s vote, but the Turkey rivalry and Iran threat will not quietly wait.
War has made Hormuz alternatives urgent, yet Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon cannot build sovereignty without fixing fragmented states.
Ankara needs a sovereign Lebanese state for maritime agreements, yet Israel’s conditions push Lebanon toward the partition Turkey wants to avoid.
Qatar Mediation empowers Hamas, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda through ransom payments and lopsided deals that entrench dangerous actors.
Israel’s election may replace Netanyahu, but Eisenkot and Bennett share his core security policies on Gaza, Iran, and Palestinian statehood.
Fuel vulnerability depends on refining, storage, and finance, not crude output, leaving Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen most exposed.
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.
Lebanon’s postwar reconstruction funds risk strengthening Hezbollah as Amal-linked bodies control aid delivery and political credit in the south.