Hudson Institute senior institute Rebeccah Heinrichs assesses the state of the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire, discusses Syrian rebels seizing parts of Aleppo and how the U.S. can aid in negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

The ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel brokered by the United States and France was characterized by President Biden as an attempt to deliver a "permanent cessation of hostilities."

The bursts of violence — with no reports of serious casualties — reflected the uneasy nature of the ceasefire that otherwise appeared to hold as Lebanese troops began to deploy in parts of southern Lebanon.