Hezbollah
Trump May Describe the Agreement as a Sign of Iran’s Absolute Surrender, but Such Spin Has No Resonance in Lebanon
De la Espriella Has Framed His Support for Israel as a Duty to Defend Judeo-Christian Principles Underpinning Western Civilization
The Movement Presents Itself as a Pragmatic Lebanese Institutional Force, but It Remains Entangled with Hezbollah’s Power
Tehran Has Emerged from This Last Chapter Strengthened on the Strategic Level
The Problem Is That Hezbollah Continues to Pose an Existential Threat to Israel
Nour News Framed the Postponement of Talks Not as a Crisis but as Part of a Broader Struggle over the Post-War Order
The Current MoU Appears to Signal the U.S. Desire to Quit the Fight
The Post-October 7 Wars, Which Came with Expectations and Promises of ‘Total Victory,’ Are Over, as Are Their Illusions
Iran Demands That Any Agreement on the Strait of Hormuz and the Nuclear Program Include a Cessation of Israeli Operations Against Hezbollah
A NATO Member That Shields Hamas, Threatens Israel, and Pressures Cyprus and Greece Should Face Consequences
Egypt’s Refusal to Confront Hamas Exposes the Gaza Stabilization Force’s Fatal Mandate Problem
The Obstacle to Peace Between Israel and Lebanon Is an Armed Non-State Militia Actor—Hezbollah—That Pledges Allegiance to Iran and That Wants to Stay Dominant in Lebanon
Jerusalem Has Made Clear That Tehran’s Insistence on Linking Any Deal to a Ceasefire in Lebanon Will Not Constrain Its Response to Hezbollah Attacks
Iran May Believe That Escalation Can Alter the Strategic Equation, Increase Pressure on Washington, and Secure Concessions
Israel Is Evidently Unable to Develop a Policy or Strategy Able to Finally Place Relations with Its Smaller Northern Neighbor on a Firm and Stable Footing
France Has a Particular Investment in the Fiction That Lebanese Sovereignty and Hezbollah’s Military Infrastructure Can Coexist Indefinitely
Seizing the Site Halts Hezbollah’s Firing Arcs and Creates a Permanent Israeli Observation and Interdiction Platform
Hezbollah Has Weaponized Segments of Northern Israel’s Criminal Underworld, Converting It Into an Instrument of Iranian Hybrid Warfare
First-Person-View Drones Cost Between $300 and $500 per Unit and Can Be Assembled in a Bedroom
The IDF Is Now Scrambling to Find Technological and Tactical Solutions to the Growing Hezbollah Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Threat