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 daycare is closed. The homes are unkempt. Parts of the landscape are ashen from fires sparked by fallen Hezbollah rockets. Even after a tenuous Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire designed to let Israelis return to the north, the mood here is far from celebratory.