Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has “shaken the myth of Israel’s invicibility” and is an “Arab ‘hero.'” UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan breaks UNSCR 1701 and further legitimizing Hezbollah by agreeing to negotiate the release of captive Israeli soldiers. Qatar pledges 300 troops to UNIFIL while becoming the first nation to break the Israeli air embargo.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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