Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/YQSSoSWpiDB.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Election in Lebanon – Does it Matter? featuring Hussein Abdul-Hussein [OSGURn3FKH7] Health Updated on August 07, 2026 EDT — Published on August 07, 2026 EDT Lebanon has had an election. Hezbollah has lost its parliamentary majority. How much difference will it make? Hezbollah, Iran's proxy, has its own military - better equipped than the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) - and a stranglehold on the economy. Following years of corruption and mismanagement, Lebanon's real GDP declined by 10.5 percent in 2021, after a 21 percent contraction in 2020. It is in default on its government debt. How much real opposition will Hezbollah permit? Join us to discuss the present and future of Lebanon with Hussein Abdul-Hussein of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former managing editor of The (Beirut) Daily Star). zi5llv2qvbe emLCdTtlbyj ynRZpOg06sU BLjYjP9SrsO giMBL3mkuvn EJ7yerFcwYX H6T3DCz2GH7 jFi1rXSilxM
Lebanon has had an election. Hezbollah has lost its parliamentary majority. How much difference will it make? Hezbollah, Iran's proxy, has its own military - better equipped than the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) - and a stranglehold on the economy. Following years of corruption and mismanagement, Lebanon's real GDP declined by 10.5 percent in 2021, after a 21 percent contraction in 2020. It is in default on its government debt. How much real opposition will Hezbollah permit? Join us to discuss the present and future of Lebanon with Hussein Abdul-Hussein of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former managing editor of The (Beirut) Daily Star). zi5llv2qvbe emLCdTtlbyj ynRZpOg06sU BLjYjP9SrsO giMBL3mkuvn EJ7yerFcwYX H6T3DCz2GH7 jFi1rXSilxM