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Secret Negotiation Channels: The Parallel Messaging Campaign Between Hezbollah and Washington...

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Secret Negotiation Channels: The Parallel Messaging Campaign Between Hezbollah and Washington...

"Asas Media" website reported, quoting local and regional sources, that "intensive activity based on the exchange of messages between Hezbollah and the United States of America is no longer limited to a single mediator. Instead, it is being engineered through four main parallel channels, most of which operate out of the spotlight:

– The Islamabad Channel:

Managed by Hezbollah's representative in Iran, Mr. Abdullah Safieddine—brother of the former Executive Council Chief, Mr. Hashem Safieddine, and maternal cousin of the late Secretary-General, Mr. Hassan Nasrallah. He exchanges messages via the Pakistanis with the team of the US Special Envoy to Iran, Steven Witkoff.

– The Doha Channel:

Led by Hezbollah's Head of International Relations, Mr. Ammar al-Moussawi, this channel extends beyond the American side to discuss technical files with multiple regional parties.

– The Ain al-Tineh Channel:

Represented by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri alongside the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Michael Issa. Hezbollah intersects organizationally with this channel through former Minister Mohammad Fneish and official Ahmad Mehanna.

Within this complex structure, the role of Mr. Abdullah Safieddine emerges as one of the logistical and diplomatic minds working in the shadows. Safieddine did not leave Iranian territory except on a landmark occasion last April, when he traveled with the official Iranian delegation to the Pakistani capital to meet the US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance.

This movement gains major strategic significance in light of what the regional source revealed to "Asas": Safieddine’s historic trip alongside the Tehran delegation was executed based on advance US guarantees and accompanied by close aerial escort from the Pakistani Air Force. This aerial and security cover reflects the weight that Washington and its allies place on this channel, which represents the mouthpiece of actual decision-making.

Safieddine operates in full and organic coordination with Ammar al-Moussawi, implementing precise and strict directives from Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem. At this pivotal stage, Sheikh Qassem insists on respecting the distribution of tasks and leadership responsibilities within the structure, and demands that Safieddine remain in direct and permanent communication with him after each round of message exchanges to brief him on the results immediately."