Hezbollah

For years, Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was promoting the narrative that Hezbollah is the "protector of Lebanon" from potential Israeli aggression.

Despite being the world’s biggest backer of terrorism and human rights abuses, the Islamic Republic receives external rhetorical support from some unlikely quarters in the West.

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah has deep roots, threatening both regional stability and the security of Israel. 

Media outlets in Beirut have reported that British diplomats recently delivered harsh warnings to their Lebanese counterparts: if Hezbollah continues its attacks on northern Israel, Israel will scale up its military campaign against Lebanon by mid-June. 

125 hostages remain in the custody of Hamas following the October 7 attack on southern Israel.

For the past decade, over 1.5 million Syrian refugees who fled from the brutal Assad regime in Damascus have been living in Lebanon under harsh conditions.

Tensions in Lebanon have reached a high point in recent days. It is not because of the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.

It has been six months since the daily fighting between Israel and Hezbollah erupted. But it is still difficult to envision a "closing mechanism" that will put an end to the hostilities.

Last week, the arrest and interrogation of Makram Rabah, a history lecturer at the American University of Beirut and an outspoken critic of Hezbollah, put the focus on one of Hezbollah's primary tools of handling opposition voices to its policies: silencing them.

It’s no secret that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s support is critical in facilitating the activities of Hezbollah, one of its most powerful proxies.

The tension between Hezbollah and Israel keeps rising. While attempts to reach a diplomatic agreement to prevent further escalation have thus far failed, another aspect of Lebanese complexities has come into view, namely the complex interplay between the Shia Amal Party and Hezbollah in Lebanon.