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Lebanon, the arena where Iran plays all its cards

Washington reportedly tried to negotiate excluding Beirut from Israeli strikes in exchange for excluding Haifa from Hezbollah’s rockets, and the latter demanded that Israel spares Beirut’s southern suburb. 

Lebanon, the arena where Iran plays all its cards

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf during a tour of the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Basta neighborhood in Beirut, on Oct. 12, 2024. (Credit: AFP)

There’s no longer any doubt that Lebanon has once again become an arena for the tug-of-war between Iran and the United States. This time, it’s as part of a relentless war aimed at changing political realities and the balance of power. The U.S.-Iran...
There’s no longer any doubt that Lebanon has once again become an arena for the tug-of-war between Iran and the United States. This time, it’s as part of a relentless war aimed at changing political realities and the balance of power. The U.S.-Iran...