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What’s Left Of Hezbollah? Security On Edge Amid Lebanon’s Eternal Fractures

Dahiye, Lebanon: Two men hold Hezbollah flags over the ruins of a bombed building. At 4 a.m. local time, the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect after months of heavy fighting that killed at least 3,500 people and displaced 1.3 million.
Dahiye, Lebanon: Two men hold Hezbollah flags over the ruins of a bombed building. Ximena Borrazas/SOPA/ZUMA

Hezbollah has emerged notably weaker from the war with Israel. The image of the protector that it had entrenched in Lebanon’s Shiite consciousness was shattered by the war in favor of an idea that calls for the Lebanese army as an alternative guardian. Yet Hezbollah is hardly fading away.

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A Blunt Message To My Fellow Mexicans About Trump’s “Dreaded” Return

A Blunt Message To My Fellow Mexicans About Trump's "Dreaded" Return
Migrants and advocates wave Mexican flags and hold signs. Carlos A. Moreno/ZUMA Press Wire

Mexico must dial down the nationalism in dealing with Donald Trump, and try to think instead how it might use his intransigence to solve some of its biggest problems — like massive, unchecked crime.

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