{"id":74341,"date":"2026-07-03T08:31:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=74341"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:32:00","slug":"74341","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=74341&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Roundup- Sovereign Syrian Diplomacy Penetrates the Opposition Front.. Have Berri and Jumblatt Pivoted Against the “Framework Agreement”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Exclusive JNews Lebanon<\/h6>\n
Lebanon wakes up today to a fundamentally rearranged political landscape, its priorities shifted by the extraordinary visit of Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad Al-Shaibani, representing the new transitional leadership in Damascus. This expansive tour\u2014which stretched from official state headquarters to the Kataeb central command in Saifi, the Lebanese Forces headquarters in Maarab, Bkerke, Dar al-Fatwa, and concluded with a monumental reception in the northern capital of Tripoli\u2014was far from a routine diplomatic protocol. Instead, it served as the formal announcement of a new “peer-to-peer, warm relation” that definitively buries the dark legacy of the former hegemony.<\/p>\n

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However, the highly critical timing of this visit, intersecting with a raging domestic power struggle over the US-brokered “Framework Agreement” signed between Lebanon and Israel, opens the door wide for an in-depth reading of what transpired behind closed doors\u2014specifically within Ayn al-Tineh and Mukhtara.<\/p>\n

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The Backstage of the Political Pivot<\/h2>\n

Exclusive diplomatic sources have disclosed to JNews Lebanon<\/strong> that Al-Shaibani brought a calm, measured Syrian approach to Beirut. While demonstrating an unprecedented and highly visible openness to all factions, including Hezbollah, and sending clear reassuring signals that “the new Syria will not align with one Lebanese faction against another,” he placed Damascus’s explicit advice squarely on the table: “Do not rush into swift understandings with the enemy that fail to guarantee long-term, sustainable stability. Address internal rifts through calm dialogue.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Geopolitical Repositioning: Berri and Jumblatt Open Room for Maneuver<\/h2>\n

The JNews<\/strong> political radar captured clear signals of strategic repositioning by the two leaders of the opposition front, Speaker Nabih Berri and Walid Jumblatt, in tandem with the high-stakes Syrian talks:<\/p>\n