From truce to postwar: How Riyadh is working to save the Lebanese entity

The truce that went into effect overnight from Thursday to Friday in Lebanon is the result of an international and regional agreement. While Tehran opened the door during negotiations with the United States in Pakistan, the process then continued at the regional level, in order to reach a cease-fire in Lebanon and to consolidate the one in Iran.Tehran insisted on linking the Lebanese file to its own, while the United States and Israel clung to separating the two issues. The Iranians even conditioned the opening of the Strait of Hormuz on the cease-fire in Lebanon, which did indeed happen and was announced by their foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Friday. As for the regional countries, notably Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and Qatar, they were in contact with the Lebanese and Americans to reach a cease-fire by leveraging regional...