Hezbollah faces a new challenge in Lebanon: Disarmament push tests the group’s future

Hezbollah emerged out of war, occupation, targeted assassinations, and two major conflicts with Israel. Now, in 2026, it confronts a new challenge: a Lebanese state pushing for its disarmament, alongside direct talks between Lebanon and Israel for the first time since 1983.

Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem charts four decades of a relationship that has shaped a nation.

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