Posts Tagged: Hezbollah Lebanon
Rep. Zeldin to Present Bill Linking Lebanon Military Aid Tied to Combating Hezbollah
JNS.org - US Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) is expected to introduce a bill this week stipulating US military assistance to Lebanon in order to counter...
US Cracks Down on Lebanese Currency Exchange for Ties to Hezbollah, Columbian Cartels
JNS.org - The United States sanctioned on Thursday a Lebanese currency exchange and its owner for processing transactions for the terrorist group Hezbollah and for money-laundering on behalf...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Urges Talks With Banks to Reduce Debt Servicing
The powerful Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah on Tuesday urged the new government to launch talks with banks to bring down the cost of servicing the...
Lebanon: The Gangland State
General elections were held in Lebanon in May 2018. Why did it take until January 31st, 2019 to finally assemble a government? One of the major...
Israel Forms New Battalion to Fight Hezbollah In Lebanon
JNS.org - A new Israeli military battalion will be charged with providing the first line of defense for citizens in Israel’s north, who face the threat...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Believes Solution to Government Impasse ‘Very Close’
The powerful Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah believes a solution to be "very close" for the country's impasse over forming a new government, one of its...
Health Ministry Pick to Widen Hezbollah Role in Lebanese State
Hezbollah's role in the Lebanese government stands to widen when it names the new health minister though it will not be putting a party member...
Israel Discovers New, Second Hezbollah Terror Tunnel
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces has uncovered a second Hezbollah terror tunnel reaching from Lebanon to Israel, according to a Saturday report. According to IDF spokesman...
Lebanon’s Berri Claims Israel Gave No Proof of Border Tunnels
Israel provided no evidence of cross-border attack tunnels in a meeting with UN peacekeepers on Wednesday, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said. The Israeli military launched an operation...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Insists on Government Demand, Warns Israel
The leader of the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah insisted that one of its Sunni allies be given a portfolio in a new Lebanese cabinet, and...
Aoun Says Lebanon Government Row ‘Not Easy,’ Signals Differences With Hezbollah
Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the differences blocking a deal over a new national unity government were "not easy" and signaled he was...
Israel Sends a Warning to Iran and Hezbollah
JNS.org - The recent disclosure of Hezbollah’s covert activity along the Lebanese border with Israel is part of the wide-scale campaign Israel is waging against...
IDF Unveils Photos of Secret Hezbollah Missile Facilities in Lebanon, Near Beirut Airport
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces released images on Thursday of Hezbollah facilities in the heart of Lebanon’s capital, saying they proved the Shi’ite terrorist group...
Hezbollah Says Lebanon Government Delay Risks ‘Slide Towards Tension’
The parliamentary bloc of Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Thursday that delay in forming a new government risked Lebanon sliding "towards tension." Lebanon faces political deadlock...
