A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?

Amir Tsarfati: Sure and Steady Dismantling of Hezbollah

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From spearhead to spectator: Why Hezbollah sat out Iran's war with Israel

Despite passing Israeli fears of its intervention, Hezbollah – Iran's primary extension – conspicuously sat out the 12-day fight, while also cheering on the Islamic Republic from the sidelines

Time to end UNIFIL

Every United Nations peacekeeping force should work toward its own dissolution. Otherwise, it is no peacekeeping force; it is a welfare program for participating nations funded by the United States’s taxpayers and the rest of the world. High on the list of these offenders is the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Established 47 years ago to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon, UNIFIL can no longer claim to be an “interim” fo…

Hezbollah Weakened, Iran Crippled, Syria Defeated: Lebanon has a Chance to Cut Its Own Path. Will It Seize It?

Iran is weakened and vulnerable after a 12-day war with Israel. Hezbollah, Tehran’s main ally in Lebanon, had already lost a lot of its fighters, arsenal and popular support during its own war with Israel in October 2024. Changing regional dynamics give the Lebanese state an opening to chart a more neutral orientation and extricate itself from neighboring conflicts that have long exacerbated the divided and fragile country’s chronic problems. Th…

A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path ...

A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?

The national Lebanese flag hangs on a building amid a Hezbollah demonstration in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 6, 2025. Photo by Nael Chahine / Middle East Images via AFPAfter a 12-day war launched by Israel and joined briefly by the United States, Iran has emerged weakened and vulnerable. And that has massive implications for another country in the region: Lebanon. Hezbollah, Tehran’s main ally in Lebanon, had already lost a lot of its…