Hezbollah 'won't escalate' after 13 charged in explosives case

Naharnet Lebanon31 October 2026, 11:20 UTCLebanon

Hezbollah will not escalate over the charges filed by Judge Claude Ghanem against 13 suspects in the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case and "a decision has been made to give political contacts a chance," political sources told the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar.

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