As the Deadline to Disarm Approaches, Hizballah Has Lost Its Credibility
The collapse of the “resistance narrative.”
December 3, 2025
The collapse of the “resistance narrative.”
In 2007, fresh from its war with Israel, Hizballah was widely admired in the Arab world—among Sunni and Shiite alike—for its courage and apparent success at taking on the IDF directly. Since 2012, that reputation declined because of the Shiite group’s role in the Syrian civil war. Makram Rabah explains where that reputation stands now in its native Lebanon:
The collapse of the “resistance narrative.”
A debate.
Turkey, Qatar, and Washington.
“God must be at least as incomprehensible to a human being as I am to my dog.”
Albert Goldman’s American religion.
In 2007, fresh from its war with Israel, Hizballah was widely admired in the Arab world—among Sunni and Shiite alike—for its courage and apparent success at taking on the IDF directly. Since 2012, that reputation declined because of the Shiite group’s role in the Syrian civil war. Makram Rabah explains where that reputation stands now in its native Lebanon:
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