Even as one front cools, another heats up. The agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon is once again under pressure, Le Monde reports. Fresh Israeli strikes and a public rejection of the accord by the speaker of the Lebanese parliament have cast doubt on the deal’s viability. A partially burned billboard along the road to Beirut’s airport — originally reading “Lebanon First” in Arabic — was overwritten with the words “Army, People, Resistance,” a vivid symbol of the political divisions threatening the fragile peace.
The situation underscores how tenuous ceasefire arrangements can be in a region where multiple conflicts intersect and domestic politics can unravel international diplomacy overnight.
