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The future depends on how Israel will retaliate against Iran in the future, as well as the intensity and severity of the retaliation."
Pointing to the next developments, Li said If the unilateral thinking of the US hegemony and supremacy cannot be contained, the sword of Damocles of the war will still hang high on the land of the Middle East,
This remark reflects that the US does not want to be dragged into the mire,
As the country which influences Israel most, the United States does not want a full-scale war in the Middle East to disrupt its global strategic layout,
If Israel takes severe retaliatory actions, especially if it attacks Iran's oil and even nuclear facilities, Iran might respond militarily under the pressure of the situation,
How is anyone benefiting from what’s going on?”
said Rana Khalil, 45, an owner of a small clothing and accessories store in Beirut, the capital The Iranian government needs to maintain its status as a regional power and also needs to respond to the expectations of its allies. So from one side, Iran has to respond, from another side, Iran must work hard to avoid a full-scale war,
Zhang Yuan, a professor at the Institute of Middle East Studies of Shanghai International Studies University, told China Daily Facing repeated provocations, Iran cannot remain indifferent at this moment. Otherwise, it will shake the unity with regional allies,
Li Xinggang, a researcher at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim at Zhejiang International Studies University, told China Daily Since Hezbollah has withdrawn most of its fighters from Syria to fight in Lebanon, it still needs someone to transport Iranian weapons, and that would be Maher, Assad's brother who heads the Fourth Division of the Syrian army,
The Israel message to the Assads was clear: Do not deliver weapons to Hezbollah,
It has been risk-averse and although it poses as a part of the 'resistance' against Israel, it has accepted it cannot defeat Israel since the 1970s,
Bashar al-Assad knows any activation of the Golan front could spell the end of his regime,
Therefore, the regime has enough problems on its hands,
Palestinians today – not just Hamas, but all of them – are willing to fight and die, not for food, but for ending the occupation or achieving independence. From the moment they see themselves as a nation, the war becomes entirely different.”
Ayalon articulated this shift when he stated There’s a void that was left behind by a much-degraded Hezbollah and the local parties are going to be looking to take advantage,
The sectarian situation, if it is properly handled and properly managed, it is a factor of richness in the country,
said Siniora, the former prime minister This is a failed state. The state has been hijacked, hijacked for quite some time by Hezbollah. And behind it Iran,
Fouad Siniora, who was Lebanon’s prime minister during the last major war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006, told NBC News in a phone interview this week There are lots of symptoms that we can already observe about the failure of social cohesion or national unity in Lebanon that’s already very fragile,
said Sarah Zaaimi, an expert on Lebanon at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs They will move gently and gradually with an eye to which way the political winds are blowing,
Maksad of the Middle East Institute said When you talk about the Lebanese and how they support the resistance, you will find some people who will lay blame on the resistance,
Ibrahim Moussawi, a Hezbollah member of Parliament, said referring to his party