Lebanon faces a delicate balancing act, navigating internal political rivalries amid growing U.S. and Israeli Occupation pressure to secure concessions and avoid the specter of war.

Israeli forces infiltrated Lebanese territory at dawn on Thursday, October 30, and carried out an assassination targeting a civil servant in the municipality of Blida in southern Lebanon.

Amid the sharp decline of Iran’s regional axis following the events of October 7, 2023, Tehran has been quietly orchestrating coordination meetings among its allied Shia forces, particularly in Iraq and Lebanon.

Lebanese channel al-Mayadeen, linked to Hezbollah, may be relocating from Beirut to Baghdad following the recent launch of Al-Mayadeen Plus, which begins covering Iraqi affairs with the parliamentary elections as a prelude to broader regional coverage.

Lebanon has remained unyielding on how it handles Syrian detainees in its prisons, even as Damascus and Beirut work to improve relations following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.