Reported claim

“Regional stability is now dependent on developments in the southern suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon, which have become the critical nexus rather than a secondary theater in any US-Iran agreement as of June 2026.”

Strengthened after Al Jazeera Arabic reported it.

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