Lebanon on edge over potential US strike on Iran

Iran would expect Hezbollah to contribute if a US–Iran war scenario materializes, most plausibly by pressuring Israel," Burcu Ozcelik, senior research fellow for Middle East security at the London-based Royal United Services Institute, or RUSI, told DW. However, in her view, Hezbollah is also navigating an increasingly complicated domestic environment. "Integrationist pressure by Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun, and the organization's stake in Lebanon's political future as a national actor, raise the costs of a major, open-ended war," Ozcelik said.