In the past, foreign ministers aligned with the so-called “axis of resistance” turned Lebanon into an open arena for others’ wars under the banner of resistance.
The Shia community constitutes roughly a third of Lebanon’s population. It is not an appendage. It is a central social and cultural pillar of the country. Today, many of the displaced families sleeping in cars are from that very community.
I do not fear the fall of a regime. I fear a war launched on rhetoric without durable institutional grounding, at a moment when trust — in Washington and in the Middle East alike — is already dangerously thin.
The terms unity and secession have become deeply charged in Yemen’s political discourse, often used as tools of accusation and forced political labeling rather than as entry points for a responsible national conversation about the future.