Iraqi demonstrators watch a speech from Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on a screen as they hold flags of, Palestinians during a pro-Palestinian rally in Basra, Iraq, on Friday, November 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
BEIRUT — When the Lebanese militia Hezbollah announced last week that its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, would deliver his first public speech since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, much of the region held its breath.
Would Iranian-backed…

