Getting the Insight Out
Just weeks ago, all eyes were on Lebanon. As the US reported Israel and Hezbollah were close to a ceasefire, Western politicians saw this as the first step toward peace in the Middle East. However, as rebels storm into the Syrian capital and Iran abandons its sworn allies, the region now teeters on the brink of a new and even deadlier conflict.
Hezbollah’s rise in Lebanon, marked by military vigour and political legitimacy, positions the group as a dominant actor in domestic and regional affairs.
Nearly a year has passed since the largest non-nuclear explosion the world has known. The explosion of the port of Beirut on August 4 of 2020 left the city in More
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