Going Over the Brink: How Hizballah’s Risk Strategy Made Lebanon Impossible to Ignore

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The article discusses Hizballah’s risk strategy and its impact on Lebanon amidst a U.S.-Iran framework agreement, which includes a commitment to end military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon. It highlights how Lebanon became a significant concern despite being treated as a separate issue in negotiations.

When the United States and Iran announced their framework agreement on June 15, attention focused on the direct U.S.-Iran dimensions of the deal, including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S. naval blockade, and the fate of Iran’s nuclear program. But the agreement also included a commitment to the “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.” Washington had spent months treating Lebanon as a separate issue in negotiations, even as the Israel-Hizballah conflict remained active under a nominal ceasefire in place since April 16.It was ultimately this second front that The post Going Over the Brink: How Hizballah’s Risk Strategy Made Lebanon Impossible to Ignore appeared first on War on the Rocks.