🇮🇷🇸🇦🇱🇧 The surprise agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia signed on March 10 may hold the key political reconciliation in Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia has traditionally supported the Lebanese Sunni politicians, such as the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and his son PM Saad Hariri. However, Saad Hariri resigned himself from political life.

With Saudi Arabia supporting Sunni politicians and Iran backing the Shiite group Hezbollah, the long-standing rivalry between the two has shaped the political scene in Lebanon.

The newly found reconciliation between Riyadh and Tehran may set the stage in Lebanon for compromise 🤝

💬 Steven Sahiounie writes

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🇱🇧 The message to the Lebanese people is clear: the rich political elite are still holding all the strings, and nothing has changed, Steven Sahiounie writes.

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🇱🇧🦅 Lebanon’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, shocked the UN on August 25 in New York by rejecting the proposal that is being forced upon Lebanon by the United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

In a surprise act of national defiance, and rejection at being dictated to by Washington, Bou Habib would not acquiesce to moving to Chapter VII. Chapter VI calls for “the peaceful resolution of conflicts,” while Chapter VII “calls for the imposition of Resolution 1701 by force.”

At question is the yearly renewal of a UN mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), set to expire August 31, which had been voluntary and mutually agreed upon by Lebanon and the UN. But the UN, primarily under the command of the U.S., has decided if Lebanon will not agree to the terms of the mandate, it will be forced upon them.

Will the U.S. allow the Lebanese to save their economy while using their own resources? 🤔

💬 Steven Sahiounie writes

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🌸 Spring is the season of flowering, including for the Arab and Islamic people, who are increasingly united in their revolutionary struggle for national liberation.

💬 Eduardo Vasco writes

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💢 We have entered a period of breakdown and violence, as the forces pulling apart the old status quo cascade and mutually reinforce one another.

💬 Alastair Crooke writes

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🇱🇧 In Lebanon’s fractured political landscape, there are several interpretations to the story, depending on what political party you are affiliated with, and even depending on what religious sect you have been born into.

💬 Steven Sahiounie writes

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