Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli ground forces had crossed Lebanon’s Litani River, as military officials from the two countries were set to meet for U.S.-brokered talks.
The American blockade and Iran’s control of the Strait of Hormuz have created a stalemate that is neither peace nor raging conflict, with both sides attempting economic strangulation on the water.
Few in Lebanon believe that diplomatic efforts to end the wider war will bring peace to their country, as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensify in the south.
An Afghan Border Protection Forces officer, left, and Pakistani Army soldiers, right, at the border crossing between the two countries, in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, in December.
A system of fuzzy borders, in which powerful states treat territory as negotiable and sovereignty as conditional, is not a viable alternative to the liberal world order.
Few in Lebanon believe that diplomatic efforts to end the wider war will bring peace to their country, as clashes between Israel and Hezbollah intensify in the south.
The government is letting people connect with the world after a near-total internet shutdown. But not everyone has access, and those who do wonder how long it will last.
At the Grand Bazaar in Tehran this month. For a quarter of a year, most Iranians were only able to access a “domestic internet” of government-approved apps and websites.
A system of fuzzy borders, in which powerful states treat territory as negotiable and sovereignty as conditional, is not a viable alternative to the liberal world order.
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