Lebanon’s Shia community is caught between Iraq’s Najaf and Iran’s Qom, as al-Sistani warns against Iranian influence and Hezbollah’s armed role amid regional power struggles.

Heitham al-Tabtabai, Hezbollah’s top military leader, was killed by a U.S.-backed Israeli strike, leaving the group weakened and Lebanon under heightened tension.

Newly obtained images of munition remnants found in southern Lebanon reveal clear signs that “Israel” used internationally banned cluster bombs on a wide scale during its thirteen-month war on the country.

Michel Issa assumes his post as Washington’s ambassador to Lebanon in a delicate political juncture dominated by the issue of Hezbollah’s weapons and the future of indirect negotiations with “Israel”.

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.