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The same hostage economics playbook from Havana to Tehran to Beirut

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The same hostage economics playbook, from Havana to Tehran to Beirut​

TEHRAN — The August 2026 New York Times report operates as an unclassified confession of state terror. When Israel launched its barbaric campaign of aggression on Lebanon in March, the opening salvos bypassed command centers. Warplanes targeted civilian banks, local exchange shops, and neighborhood gas stations. The architects of this aggression admit their primary objective was “Hezbollah’s money,” functionally confessing to holding the daily survival of Lebanese families hostage.

The same hostage economics playbook, from Havana to Tehran to Beirut

A beat written in blood across Gaza Lebanon Yemen and Iran

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A beat written in blood across Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran​

TEHRAN — 28 years ago today, Iranian reporter Mahmoud Saremi radioed his newsroom from the Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif as Taliban fighters came through the gate. He identified himself, reported that the city had fallen, and asked what he should do next. Hours later he was dead, along with eight Iranian diplomats.

A beat written in blood across Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iran

Gradual attrition The cornerstone of the new US strategy against Hezbollah

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Gradual attrition: The cornerstone of the new US strategy against Hezbollah​

TEHRAN — The plan currently being discussed in American and Israeli strategic circles regarding Lebanon is not merely a security initiative aimed at containing an armed actor; rather, it forms part of a multilayered strategy to reshape the balance of power in the country.

Gradual attrition: The cornerstone of the new US strategy against Hezbollah

Five Lebanese soldiers wounded in southern town blast amid ongoing Israeli aggression

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Five Lebanese soldiers wounded in southern town blast amid ongoing Israeli aggression​

TEHRAN — Five Lebanese army soldiers were injured on Sunday when a suspicious explosive device detonated in the southern town of Kafra as their military vehicle escorted local residents through the volatile Bint Jbeil district, according to a statement by the Lebanese army.

Five Lebanese soldiers wounded in southern town blast amid ongoing Israeli aggression