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.

After Hezbollah rejected Lebanon’s new agreement with the United States to disarm the group, calling it “as if it never existed,” fears are growing that the move could spark an internal clash between the army and Hezbollah.

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt dropped a major bombshell by announcing the handover of the Progressive Socialist Party’s weapons to the state, calling it an “encouraging step” for other parties to centralize arms under Beirut’s authority.

Hezbollah is gradually handing over its southern positions to the Lebanese army under a fragile ceasefire with "Israel," amid U.S. pressure, looming sanctions, and growing calls to confine all weapons to state control.