Hezbollah

The assassination of Haitham Ali al-Tabtabaei, one of Hezbollah’s most prominent military commanders, in Beirut’s southern suburb did not occur as an isolated security incident that can be treated as yet another Israeli operation within the ongoing shadow war between the two sides. Rather, the strike-unfolding at a regional moment in which Israeli military signals intersect with heightened political and…

Lebanon today stands at a pivotal and exceptionally sensitive juncture-one whose implications extend far beyond the southern front and reach into the very core of its position within a rapidly shifting regional equation. All political and field indicators coming from Israel, as well as from concerned Western and Arab capitals, suggest that the likelihood of escalation is now higher than…