Hezbollah's financing puts Salam before Washington's test

An article by Dr. Zoe Levornik at the Israeli Alma Center examined US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Finance Minister Yassin Jaber in Washington on September 28, in which Bessent urged Beirut to take proactive steps to disrupt Iranian financial networks and Hezbollah's networks, while the Lebanese statement focused on financial reforms and requesting support in IMF negotiations. The article argues that linking the financial recovery file with action against Hezbollah's network turns Lebanon's need for financial recovery into a political pressure card, and that the test for Salam's government lies in its ability to act against Hezbollah's economic structure.