Report: U.S. Not in Favor of Israeli War on Hizbullah

As speculation grows about a possible Israeli strike against Hizbullah, analysts and experts believe that the Trump administration is not in favor of an Israeli war on Lebanon aimed at destroying Hizbullah, Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa reported on Sunday.

“What the Trump administration wants is to protect Israel through preventing any presence for Hizbullah or Iran in Syria's Golan, and this is something that Russia agrees to,” the report said.

“As for containing the threat of Hizbullah and its missiles, this issue depends on the polarization in the international and regional relations, including with Iran,” the report added.

“It seems that the international and regional stance, especially the U.S.-Russian stance, is to prevent Lebanon from turning into an Israeli war battlefield,” the analysts and experts said.

They noted that the leading figures of Trump's administration “have clearly announced that they are not preparing plans for war on Iran and are rather saying that Iran is only required to end its expansionist policies.”

“The real efforts are currently focused on Iran's far-reaching external arms. This is the new U.S. policy,” the analysts and experts added, noting that Washington is not plotting to “use force against Iran or topple its regime.”