So what happened over the past 48 hours? On Monday morning, Lebanon was stunned by the announcement that the U.S. had given a green light for Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. In fact, as soon as the news broke, thousands of residents of the southern suburbs hurried to flee their homes, which they had just returned to. The Lebanese held their breath all day...until they heard the U.S. president himself announce that the Israelis had decided not to carry out further bombings on Beirut, before adding that he had had "a very fruitful conversation with Hezbollah through high-level representatives." More on the effects of Trump's words De-escalation in Beirut: Behind Trump’s announcement, is Iran taking the lead again in Lebanon? A statement that is remarkable in more ways than one. On the one hand, the U.S....
So what happened over the past 48 hours? On Monday morning, Lebanon was stunned by the announcement that the U.S. had given a green light for Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut. In fact, as soon as the news broke, thousands of residents of the southern suburbs hurried to flee their homes, which they had just returned to. The Lebanese held their breath all day...until they heard the U.S. president himself announce that the Israelis had decided not to carry out further bombings on Beirut, before adding that he had had "a very fruitful conversation with Hezbollah through high-level representatives." More on the effects of Trump's words De-escalation in Beirut: Behind Trump’s announcement, is Iran taking the lead again in Lebanon? A statement that is remarkable in more ways than one. On the one hand, the...
