Slim’s execution-style murder and the mystery that shrouds it has led to the simple conclusion that Hezbollah is responsible for silencing this furious and uncompromising voice against the Iranian militia’s hegemony over the Shiite cultural and public sphere, a hegemonic grip which Hezbollah extended to include different aspects of Lebanon’s non-existent state.
Unable to achieve the success and impact it expected from its attacks on Gaza, Israel began to target Lebanon, Syria, and Iran in order to gain more support from its backers and create new fait accompli.
Israeli political elites have adopted an anti-Turkish position, claiming that "a new radical northern front has emerged that includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey.
Lebanon's Hezbollah, a key ally of Hamas, has been engaged in near-daily clashes with Israel across Lebanon's southern border since the Gaza war started.
However, from now on, the way to prevent the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from spreading to Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and beyond is through two-way or even multidirectional deterrence.
The purpose of this military display was not to take part in the Israeli assault but with the open warning that “other parties” should not try to take advantage of Israel’s situation, a clear warning to Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria and to Iran.
The Gulf region's closeness to countries that produce illicit drugs, such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, and Lebanon, as well as expatriates engaged in criminal activity, have also contributed to increased drug smuggling in the Kingdom.
marines by Hezbollah in Lebanon in 1982 and the American hostage crisis in Iran which ended in 1981 following an Algerian mediation are two important examples from this wave.
Read: The Hezbollah Empire in LebanonTo complicate matters further, the profits gained from this illicit trade are probably transferred through PKK-affiliated groups active in European countries to launch terrorist attacks against Turkey.
Being one of the key supporters of the Assad regime, Iran funds, equips, and supports a number of Syrian and foreign proxies including Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
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Iran’s Allies Own Iranian-Made Drones
With Iran's advancement in drone production, Iran's allies also began using drones, especially in Lebanon and Yemen.
”Read: Lebanon’s Specter of Civil WarIn late January, Saad Hariri arrived in Beirut following months of speculation in the wake of yet another solitary retreat – this time in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi – that came into effect mid-July last year.
Several months ago, Saudi Arabia and several other Gulf states reacted aggressively to an interview of Lebanon’s then-Information Minister George Kordahi harshly criticizing the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen with rhetoric that many in the Gulf Cooperation Council viewed as too sympathetic to the Houthis.