Lebanon (all aspects)

[davidbfpo]

Updates, first a truce and now a ceasefire after the last post from the mountains along Lebanon's eastern border via the BBC.
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41065305

Plus a very astute PR photo by the Lebanese Army:
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40990487

[davidbfpo]

Not only a strange partnership, replete with promises and then diplomatic obstruction as this article explains:http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/orig...lah-syria.html

Curiously the end result is:

The current unspoken partnership between the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah and the Syrian army is a direct result of the efforts of those who have worked so diligently to keep the Lebanese Armed Forces under-equipped. By doing so, they have also inadvertently strengthened Hezbollah, making it the only viable military force in the country able to repel armed groups along the Lebanese border, and are now creating a reality on the battlefield that everyone is aware of but no one wants to acknowledge.

Yes Hezbollah emerges stronger, as this NYT article illustrates:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/w...-lebanon.html?