Ali Salman
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- Sep 26, 2026
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Too small to lead, too visible to hide: Jumblatt and the Druze framework calculus (opens the original)
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Walid Jumblatt (L), the Druze former leader of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party (PSP), shakes hands with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) (R) during a visit to Damascus on December 22, 2024. [AFP via Getty Images] Walid Jumblatt has held four distinct positions on the Washington framework agreement in sixty days. He has called it a capitulation, declared neutrality, labelled it a trap, and announced his support. The conventional readin
When the money stops: Hezbollah and the economics of disarmament (opens the original)
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A person carries flags of Hezbollah and Iran among the rubble as Lebanese people begin returning their homes following the implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon on April 20, 2026. [Elif Öztürk – Anadolu Agency] The Washington framework agreement conditions Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon on the verified disarmament of Hezbollah. The pilot zones were designed to test whether the Lebanese Armed Forces could replace Hezbollah’s territorial presence.
Governing the Lebanese confessional state without the prime minister (opens the original)
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A view of the U.S. Embassy in Rome on August 4, 2026. Lebanon and Israel began the seventh round of U.S.-mediated direct negotiations, scheduled to run through Thursday, August 6, following talks held in Rome on June 14 and 15. [Riccardo De Luca – Anadolu Agency] The Washington framework agreement is discussed as a product of executive consensus. President Aoun signed. Prime Minister Salam endorsed. The cabinet approved. The institutional surface presents a unified Lebanese state negotiating wit
The logic of staying: Why Hezbollah and Amal will not resign (opens the original)
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Supporters of Hezbollah and its ally Amal Movement continue to protest against the government’s decision to bring all weapons in the country under state control in Beirut, Lebanon on August 8, 2025. [Houssam Shbaro – Anadolu Agency] The question circulating across Lebanese political commentary since the signing of the Washington framework agreement is straightforward: if Hezbollah and Amal oppose the agreement, reject its terms, and consider it a betrayal of their community, why do their ministe
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