Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib on Nov. 22, 2021 in Moscow. (Credit: AFP)
Russia is back in the news in Lebanon. Preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, Moscow had initially distanced itself from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. It even seemed that it was betting on an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East, in which the US would be involved in supporting Israel, in the hope of weakening the US commitment with Kiev.In recent days, however, the presence of Russian diplomats was obvious in Lebanon and the region, where they seemed willing to reinvest themselves in a more tangible way. A week ago, the Russian Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy to Lebanon Vladimir Safronkov met a number of officials in Lebanon, including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad. One Hezbollah fighter killed;...
Russia is back in the news in Lebanon. Preoccupied by the war in Ukraine, Moscow had initially distanced itself from the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. It even seemed that it was betting on an expansion of the conflict in the Middle East, in which the US would be involved in supporting Israel, in the hope of weakening the US commitment with Kiev.In recent days, however, the presence of Russian diplomats was obvious in Lebanon and the region, where they seemed willing to reinvest themselves in a more tangible way. A week ago, the Russian Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy to Lebanon Vladimir Safronkov met a number of officials in Lebanon, including Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc Mohammad Raad. One Hezbollah fighter killed;...
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