Posts Tagged: Lebanon Hezbollah
US Pressures Lebanon to Issue Cabinet Decision to Disarm Hezbollah Before Talks Continue
Washington is ramping up pressure on Beirut to swiftly issue a formal cabinet decision committing to disarm Hezbollah before talks can resume on a halt to Israel's military operations in Lebanon, five sources familiar with the...
A Message for America: A Free Lebanon Is the Only Path to Truly Stopping Hezbollah
On Thursday, White House officials returned from a visit to Israel, in a last-ditch effort to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, which now...
France and Iran Shamelessly Decide the Fate of Lebanon
In his interview published in France's Le Figaro on October 15th, Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf was quoted as saying his country would be...
Israel Isn’t Attacking Lebanon; It’s Stopping Hezbollah
Iran's recent launch of 182 ballistic missiles against Israel was ill-considered and despicable, but its motive was understandable. Iran was trying to reassure its middle...
Why Is the Media Mourning a Terrorist Organization?
A Sept. 18th Guardian editorial on the targeted Hezbollah pager and walkie talkie explosions is seething with contempt for Israel, whose spy agency was thought to be...
Lebanon Detains Hezbollah Supporter in Probe of Irish UN Peacekeeper’s Killing
The Lebanese army detained over the weekend a main suspect in the recent killing of an Irish UN peacekeeper in a move coordinated with the powerful armed group Hezbollah, two...
Expect More of the Same in Lebanon
JNS.org – In Lebanon, the votes are still being counted in the wake of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but preliminary results indicate that not much will...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Allies Likely to Lose Parliamentary Majority
Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies are likely to lose their majority in the Lebanese parliament after Sunday's election, three sources allied to the group said,...
IDF: Hezbollah Behind Cross-Border Smuggling Network
JNS.org - Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah terror organization is running an extensive cross-border drug- and arms-smuggling network, Israel Defense Forces Arabic-language spokesman Avichai Edri said on...
Israel Approves Seizure Order for Lebanese Companies Supplying Hezbollah
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has signed a seizure order for three Lebanese companies that provide Hezbollah with equipment used in its precision-missile...
Bahrain Urges Citizens in Lebanon to Leave, Yemeni Gov’t Recalls Envoy
Bahrain's foreign ministry on Tuesday urged citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately, the state news agency reported, amid a deepening row over comments by a...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Says Israel Mistaken to ‘Act as It Wants’ in Disputed Maritime Border Area
The leader of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday Israel was not free to start drilling for oil and gas in...
Lebanon Tensions Test Hezbollah-Aoun Alliance
Worsening sectarian tensions in Lebanon are testing an alliance between Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian ally President Michel Aoun, who may lose ground to their rivals as...
Hezbollah Is the Only Winner in Lebanon
JNS.org - “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is a French epigram immortalized by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of...
