The Race for Lebanon’s Future

Also, Israel’s women fall behind Russia, a new friend in South America, and more.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets fly over the funeral ceremony for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, February 23, 2025. (IDF)

It’s Friday, December 26, and if Hezbollah was at level 100 on October 6, 2023, it reached the ceasefire on November 27 2024, at roughly level 20. And its condition at the end of 2025? A slight improvement — somewhere aro…