A collage of Hezbollah leaders displayed on a street in Haret Hreik, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. (Credit: Nemtallah Eddé/L'Orient-Le Jour)
"The opinion of the southern suburbs is known well: We will never want to negotiate with them!" says Fatmeh, in her 40s, owner of a shop in Haret Hreik, a district in southern Beirut whose population is largely loyal to Hezbollah.On Wednesday, the first direct political talks between Israel and Lebanon in over 40 years took place in Naqoura (southern Lebanon), as part of the "Mechanism" — the committee responsible for overseeing the cease-fire between the parties and Israel since November 2024, after 13 months of war.According to President Joseph Aoun, these talks aim to prevent "the specter of war," while Israel threatens a new offensive if Hezbollah does not disarm. Another field report 'For me, Hassan Nasrallah and the pope are the same,' Beirut’s southern suburbs call on Leo XIV as witness ...
"The opinion of the southern suburbs is known well: We will never want to negotiate with them!" says Fatmeh, in her 40s, owner of a shop in Haret Hreik, a district in southern Beirut whose population is largely loyal to Hezbollah.On Wednesday, the first direct political talks between Israel and Lebanon in over 40 years took place in Naqoura (southern Lebanon), as part of the "Mechanism" — the committee responsible for overseeing the cease-fire between the parties and Israel since November 2024, after 13 months of war.According to President Joseph Aoun, these talks aim to prevent "the specter of war," while Israel threatens a new offensive if Hezbollah does not disarm. Another field report 'For me, Hassan Nasrallah and the pope are the same,' Beirut’s southern suburbs call on Leo XIV as witness ...
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