At a time when negotiations to form a cabinet are being held, Hezbollah is elsewhere. Its main concern today is to seemingly rebuild its image and its role after the hard blows it received. Following the election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency and the appointment of Nawaf Salam to form a cabinet, Hezbollah knows that the situation has changed, and what matters to it is to continue to exist, seeking to maintain its popular base while adapting to the new realities.This is why, today, it is not trying to make waves in the negotiations, leaving that main role to Speaker Nabih Berri. As for the situation in southern Lebanon, following the extension of the deadline in the cease-fire deal until Feb. 18 – which the party initially categorically refused – Hezbollah tacitly accepted the fait accompli, while laying the blame on the Lebanese state...
At a time when negotiations to form a cabinet are being held, Hezbollah is elsewhere. Its main concern today is to seemingly rebuild its image and its role after the hard blows it received. Following the election of Joseph Aoun to the presidency and the appointment of Nawaf Salam to form a cabinet, Hezbollah knows that the situation has changed, and what matters to it is to continue to exist, seeking to maintain its popular base while adapting to the new realities.This is why, today, it is not trying to make waves in the negotiations, leaving that main role to Speaker Nabih Berri. As for the situation in southern Lebanon, following the extension of the deadline in the cease-fire deal until Feb. 18 – which the party initially categorically refused – Hezbollah tacitly accepted the fait accompli, while laying the blame on the Lebanese...