Lebanon: Is US-Iran peace deal a 'victory' for Hezbollah?
Key takeaways
- Lebanon's Hezbollah group has claimed that the US-Iran peace deal is a "great victory." The group, which is opposed to Israel, has certainly been bolstered by the deal.
- Kassem also thanked the Iranians for "linking the Lebanese arena" to the deal and "forcing Israel to stop its aggression."
- Yet, despite it's troubled start, analysts say that the deal on the table favors Hezbollah's allies in Tehran.
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Lebanon's Hezbollah group has claimed that the US-Iran peace deal is a "great victory." The group, which is opposed to Israel, has certainly been bolstered by the deal. But what have they really won?
https://p.dw.com/p/5Fj2NSatellite analysis by French newspaper le Monde found that Israel had damaged or razed around 45% of urban areas in southern Lebanon since March Image: Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement"A great victory" and a "pivotal point for Lebanon" — that was how Naim Kassem, the leader of Lebanese group Hezbollah, described on Wednesday the memorandum of understanding that stopped fighting between Iran and the US this week.
Kassem also thanked the Iranians for "linking the Lebanese arena" to the deal and "forcing Israel to stop its aggression."