A financial crisis, coronavirus pandemic, the Beirut explosion and a government collapse has left the powerful Hezbollah group on the defensive amid popular demands for systemic reforms.
Diab's resignation means Lebanon's major power blocs will have to find a new government to grapple with the country's myriad challenges. Diab's government was widely seen as a Hezbollah project, and the group will have to act to protect its influence.
Hezbollah is also fighting a long-term decline in popularity. In the early 2000s it was the most important group in fighting and ultimately ending the Israeli occupation."Even people that were suspicious of Hezbollah's ultimate identity and agenda respected the fact that these guys were fighting on a daily basis, and many of them sacrificing their lives," Blanford said.
A noose is placed around the portrait of Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, hung by Lebanese protesters in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020.Hezbollah is"hugely on the defensive in Lebanon and widely seen as part of the status quo problem that is driving the country towards collapse," according to Julien Barnes-Dacey of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Hezbollah's close affiliation with Iran has put it squarely in Trump's crosshairs, given his administration's Middle East strategy largely pivots around how to degrade and malign Tehran.
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