The rapid and nearly bloodless overthrow of Assad in Syria has turned that country from being a firm ally of Hezbollah and Iran into an implacable enemy of both.
And inside Lebanon, Hezbollah has been so battered by the IDF that it had to beg for a ceasefire that requires it to withdraw its forces in southern Lebanon north of the Litani River. Now Lebanese of all stripes have been openly denouncing Hezbollah for the ruin it has brought to so much of Lebanon.
Let us consider what has been happening on the Lebanon-Syria border, where the two countries have been trading barbs and bullets amid mutual exclusions. “Syria in diplomatic spat with Lebanon, but everyone agrees that Hezbollah is the problem – and for the first time, the Lebanese are saying this out loud,” Elder of Ziyon, January 6, 2025:
Since Thursday night, Lebanese citizens are almost all banned from entering Syria.