The Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar is carrying out widespread terminations and restructuring amid funding cuts, according to Beirut Time News.
According to the report, the financial changes were announced suddenly and without prior notice, as departments were reorganized and employees received cuts in their salaries and benefits.
This development indicates broader fractures in Hezbollah’s financing structures, suggesting that its support is drying up. Much of what Iranian funding remains for Hezbollah is primarily allocated towards maintaining a minimum level of battle readiness.
Nabih Berri recently denounced the newspaper in a statement from his media office, stating that the nature of Al-Akhbar’s reporting of his meeting with President Aoun on forming a tripartite committee for meetings with Washington and Tel Aviv is deceptive.
Berri’s break with Hezbollah’s information ecosystem indicates the general weakening of Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanese politics.
If funding pressures persist as Hezbollah continues to lose the support it needs to sustain its media and social institutions, a pillar to its power in Lebanon, its ability to influence the information and political landscapes in Lebanon will be decreased
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