Exclusive JNews Lebanon
Lebanon wakes up this morning to a highly complex and dangerous scene, its graphic lines drawn with sovereign blood in the South, diplomatic transgressions in regional salons, and a glimmer of developmental hope mapped out yesterday from the runway of Qleiat Airport in the North. It is the battle of “establishing the state” in the face of attempts to abolish and encircle it between the twin limits of “Israeli military madness” and “Iranian political recklessness.”
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Unprecedented Diplomatic Impudence
It is no longer a secret to anyone that the “Islamic Republic” is experiencing a state of shock over the liberation of Lebanese decision-making from its grip. Following the fourth round of Washington negotiations, and the historic, decisive response of President of the Republic Gen. Joseph Aoun—which put an end to the guardianship—Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, abandoned all diplomatic norms via the “X” platform.
Araghchi’s transgression against the country’s president, followed by Baghaei’s populist proverbs used in colloquial Lebanese, is nothing but evidence of Iran’s inability to comprehend that Beirut has chosen direct negotiations and the interest of its people first. Lebanon is moving past the era of being used as a post box or a bargaining chip to lift sanctions in the Islamabad negotiations. As Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel decisively commented: “Get off Lebanon’s sky… the era of guardianship is over.”
Khardali as a Crime Scene
On the other side, Israel continues its criminal war to weaken the legitimate state. The targeting by an enemy drone of a military vehicle belonging to the Lebanese Army on the Khardali road—which resulted in the martyrdom of three of our finest soldiers (Brigadier General Wisam Sabra, Captain Elie Khoury, and Private Hussein Ghazal)—is a textbook crime aimed at sending a bloody message to the military institution.
Israel wants the Army to understand that its role will not exceed that of “border police,” attempting to justify its massacres (as also happened in Sarafand) with preemptive accusations that officers are cooperating with Hezbollah. In contrast, Hezbollah quickly rushed, as usual, to snipe at the state, considering the blood of the Army martyrs a product of what it called “surrender to the enemy’s conditions in Washington,” in a blatant attempt to strike trust in the military institution and the legitimacy of the negotiations.
JNews Lebanon Exclusive Sources: What Lies Behind the Scenes of the Latest Hours?
Our exclusive political and diplomatic sources at JNews Lebanon have learned of a set of exclusive details that explain the accelerated movement of contacts behind the scenes:
- Expelling the Iranian Ambassador is on the Table:
Diplomatic sources reveal to JNews Lebanon that the impudent Iranian attack on President Joseph Aoun was met with fierce anger in Baabda and the Government Serail. Information indicates that the option of “expelling the Iranian ambassador” or declaring him persona non grata is now being seriously considered as an escalatory option by the Lebanese state to deter transgressions against sovereign symbols, pending what the coming hours will reveal. - General Heikal’s Mission in Islamabad:
Our military sources confirm that the timing of Army Commander General Rudolf Heikal’s visit to Islamabad and his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Asim Munir, transcends protocol. Pakistan is playing the role of a secret and alternative mediator between Washington and Tehran. General Heikal carries in his pocket the decisive Lebanese answer: The Army is operationally and logistically ready for immediate authority deployment and weapons confinement, cutting off the road for Tehran’s maneuvers, which is trying to sell Hezbollah’s head in exchange for lifting sanctions while keeping its armed influence.
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- The International Quartet and the Day After for UNIFIL
According to information obtained by our site regarding the tour of French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, there is full coordination within the “Quartet” (France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar) to map out “the day after” in the South. The plan dictates supporting the “pilot zone,” followed by direct French and European assistance through a subsidiary international force to support the Lebanese Army in the process of weapons confinement and extending full state sovereignty.
Qleiat Takes Off: Balanced Development in Response to Aerial Blackout
Amid this bleakness, the runway of the Martyr Rene Mouawad Airport in Qleiat pierced the wall of crises with a “sovereign landing” represented by the arrival of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Minister of Public Works Fayez Rasamny. Salam revived the legacy of the “Taif Accord” from its ground, declaring a clear sovereign equation: No stability without extending the authority of the state over all its territories and confining the decision of war and peace exclusively to its hand.
Adding to the significance of the event was the firm stance of the US Ambassador, Michael Issa, who attended the celebration and said with striking boldness: “This is the first time that Lebanon decides its destiny on its own without anyone’s intervention… and we decide as well.”
In conclusion, the harvest of the past hours places the Lebanese before two choices and no third: either surrender to those who want to keep Lebanon an open arena for blood and guardianship, or rally behind the institutions of the state and the national army to save what remains of the Republic, and launch Lebanon toward a free and sovereign future.
