Scorched-earth tactics in southern Lebanon jeopardize Shiite trust, potentially prolonging the Hezbollah threat instead of eliminating it.
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Sadr dismantles his militia not as defeat but as a shrewd political calculation to rebrand as statesman while preserving unmatched social power.
Communal Shiite fear, not Tehran’s command, is regenerating the Axis of Resistance from below.
Hezbollah’s gambit: existential war, Shiite base holds, Amal rift exaggerated. US wise to stay out.
The Shiite alliance cracks as Amal backs government against Hezbollah, displaced voices criticize, potentially reshaping Lebanon’s parliamentary elections.
Maliki’s nomination reflects a generational clash within Iraq’s Shiite politics over the future of the 2003 system.
Iran expands influence over Thailand’s Shiite community via religious and cultural institutions, posing a “soft power” threat to Israeli interests.