The Lebanon factor |
THE fragile calm that followed the recent US-Iran confrontation is being tested. Iran has made it clear that it does not view the ceasefire as a narrow arrangement confined to one battlefield. According to Tehran, Israeli attacks in Lebanon amount to violations of the ceasefire itself. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned that a truce cannot be considered intact if military operations continue against Hezbollah. In effect, Iran has tied the fate of any wider understanding directly to events on Lebanon’s southern border. The........