Naim Qassem has been chosen as the successor to longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Israel has already announced its intent to assassinate him. Hussien Ibish, a senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, explains what new direction Hezbollah could go, and explains how Iran shapes its near future.
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