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Tablet Magazine
February 22, 2018
First, as ICG itself points out in its report, Hezbollah, Iran and its allies are quietly and deliberately building up their military power while Israel is quite ... Israeli leaders, on balance, seem to implicitly understand that this sequence of events would very likely mean an all-out confrontation because, as but oneÃÂ ...
Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center
February 22, 2018
On February 13, 2018, Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary general of the Iraqi Shi'ite Movement of the Noble Ones, visited the grave of senior Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughnieh in the southern suburb of Beirut on the anniversary of the deaths of three senior Hezbollah leaders. During the visit he told theÃÂ ...
TheTower.org
February 22, 2018
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, confirmed Badran's assessment in a speech to the Lebanese government after Tillerson left, “tell the Americans they must accept (Lebanon's) demands so that we [i.e., the Lebanese government] hold Hezbollah back from Israel.” Nasrallah, Badran commentedÃÂ ...
Brookings Institution (blog)
February 22, 2018
The Israeli leadership has made no secret of its concern about Hezbollah's military maturation in the Syria conflict. And as worries about a nuclear weapons– capable Iran fade, Israel has begun to focuse instead on the next war with Hezbollah, as a massive military exercise a few months ago—the largestÃÂ ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 21, 2018
The last time the elections were held in 2009, the movement was part of the March 14 alliance that was running against the rival March 8 bloc, lead by the “Hezbollah” group. The situation in Lebanon has changed since then with shifting alliances and members that were once part of the March 14 camp nowÃÂ ...
OilPrice.com
February 20, 2018
Related: Russia May Feel Pinch From Oil Cut Deal This Year. Meanwhile Nasrallah's Friday speech made the gas dispute the central theme, and even warned Israel's American backers to not intervene. Appealing directly to Israeli leadership, the Hezbollah leader said, "If you prevent us, we prevent you;ÃÂ ...
gulfnews.com
February 14, 2018
It “would open the door for hundreds of thousands of fighters from all around the Arab and Islamic world to participate in this fight - from Iraq, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,” he said. Kaabi is the second top Iraqi militia leader in recent months to come to Lebanon in a show of support to Hezbollah.
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
February 13, 2018
So answered Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah when asked, in a television interview in the 1990s, about Imad Mughniyeh's identity and his role in Hizbullah. ... Mughniyeh also forged ties with leaders of other militant organizations, including the Houthis in Yemen, whose military commander, Abdel-MalekÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
January 28, 2018
Former Secretary-General of Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah movement, Subhi al-Tufayli, has praised Turkey's policy in the Middle East region. “Turkey is the only country that cares about Syria's security and unity and its foreign policy is in accordance with the expectations and will of the Syrian people,”à...
Los Angeles Times
December 31, 1999
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday delivered a warning to Lebanon's leaders about Hezbollah, saying the Shiite Muslim movement's growing arsenal ... “I am actually humbled by the fact that people think that I could be a leader of the free world, but it's just not in my spirit," she told “60 Minutes Overtime” in a webÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
December 31, 1999
Commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qasem Soleimani, yesterday vowed revenge following the death of Hezbollah military chief, Imad Mughniyeh. Speaking at a Tehran ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of Mughniyeh's assassination at the hands of Israel, SoleimaniÃÂ ...
PRESSTV
December 31, 1999
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has strongly condemned the Israeli regime's continued acts of aggression against Syria's military and civilian structures, saying the downing of an Israeli F-16 jet by the Syrian air defense systems marks the “start of a new strategic phase” which would limitÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
December 1, 2017
On July 19, 1994, the day after Hezbollah operatives blew up the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the group sent a suicide bomber to take ... rewards for information on wanted Hezbollah terrorist leaders—and officials are signaling that more actions are expected, especially in Latin America.
Al-Monitor
December 1, 2017
26, Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri denied a report by the Saudi Okaz newspaper that Hezbollah is opening bank accounts for Hamas leaders in Algeria. Hamas believes such news to be part of an organized campaign by Arab leaders close to Israel to incite against the resistance, normalize ties with Israel ...
Aljazeera.com
November 30, 2017
That said, Hezbollah's success with Lebanese Christians is not a value judgment, but a mere reading of the state of affairs in the country - one that helps understand the complexity of the Lebanese mosaic. When Aoun, as head of the largest Christian party, and Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, ...
Newsweek
November 29, 2017
Such operations, Manelis said, included the targeting of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. “There won't be a clear victory picture in the next war, though it's clear that Nasrallah is a target,” he explained, according to Haaretz. Israel and Hezbollah fought a war against each other in northern Lebanon in ...
The Guardian
November 11, 2017
Israel's political and military leadership appears to have concluded that a conflict with Lebanon's Hezbollah is becoming increasingly likely, despite ... He added: “Israeli leaders will want to take care not to find themselves backed into a premature confrontation by the manoeuvres of their allies who sit in ...
CNBC
November 6, 2017
Following the CNBC interview, Reuters reported that Saudi Arabia sharply escalated rhetoric in the region by declaring that Lebanon had — figuratively at least — declared "war" against it because of aggression from Hezbollah. Saudi Gulf Affairs Minister Thamer al-Sabhan said the government of Lebanon ...
The Spokesman-Review
December 31, 1999
2, 2013, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, ... BEIRUT – Even as Arab countries step up pressure on Hezbollah for its ties to Iran, the Lebanese Shiite militant group has cemented its status as a ...
Business Insider
March 29, 2017
But beyond the boom, speculation of early elections is rife, friction with Gaza's Hamas rulers is intensifying and Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah fighters in Syria have provoked anti-aircraft missiles in response from Damascus government forces. To ...
i24news
March 29, 2017
The declaration's acceptance by the Arab countries would be a departure from a former stance just last year that recognized certain groups such as Lebanon-based Hezbollah as terrorist organizations. Foreign ministers also lauded the new appointment ofÃÂ ...
Rudaw
March 29, 2017
AMMAN, Jordan - Arab leaders at the 28th Arab Summit in Amman are urging action to condemn Iranian "meddling" in regional affairs in order to promoteÃÂ ...
TheTower.org
March 29, 2017
A senior naval officer explained that due to Hezbollah's growing arsenal of 122mm Grad-type rockets and longer-range weapons systems, Israel will double the number of Iron Dome batteries on its Sa'ar-6 class corvettes, which are currently being built ...
Newsweek
March 29, 2017
Hezbollah has lost up to 2500 killed and 7000 injured in Syria over the last six years.
JerusalemOnline
March 27, 2017
A female Lebanese journalist who received death threats after she asked on social media why Israel has not eliminated Hassan Nasrallah has filed a lawsuit against the Hezbollah leader. "How can it be that a criminal who forced us into a war with IsraelÃÂ ...
The Indian Express
March 25, 2017
FILE PHOTO Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters from a screen during a rally to commemorate Hezbollah Wounded Veterans Day in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/Files.
The National
March 25, 2017
BEIRUT // Lebanon sits in a region torn by conflict and its armed forces are limited. As such, it is one of the largest recipients of American military aid.
Al-Arabiya
March 25, 2017
Lebanese journalist Maria Maalouf is suing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on allegations of kidnap, rape and murder charges.
Voice of America
March 21, 2017
Hezbollah fired more than 4,000 rockets on Israeli communities in the 2006 war, while Israel bombarded militant targets in southern Lebanon.
Columbia Basin Herald
March 21, 2017
March 21, 2017 at 7:10 am | The Associated Press. Israeli army chief: Hezbollah leader killed by his own men Syrian troops counter-attack after Damascus rebel incursion France investigates jobs given interior minister's daughters Czechs saw off rhino ...
Naharnet
March 21, 2017
Prime Minister Saad Hariri reiterated rejection of any illegal arms outside the State's control and pointed out that circumstances are not appropriate to hold a meeting with Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. "Our position as a political party ...
Merced Sun-Star
March 21, 2017
An annual intelligence assessment found Hezbollah or Hamas probably are not interested in sparking a war in 2017, but it warned of the danger of a dynamic of escalation leading to conflict.
9&10 News
March 21, 2017
Israel is drawing up contingency plans to evacuate up to a quarter-million civilians from border communities to protect them from attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah or other Islamic militant groups. The mass evacuations would be the biggest in Israel's ...
9&10 News
March 21, 2017
(SANA via AP). In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, damaged and blocked street where clashes erupted between the Syrian government forces and rebels, near the Abbassiyin square, east Damascus, Syria, Monday March 20,ÃÂ ...
World Israel News
March 21, 2017
Hezbollah's top military commander Mustafa Badreddine, killed in Syria last year, was assassinated by rivals within the Shiite terror group, the IDF's top commander said.
Voice of America
March 21, 2017
Israel has concluded that Hezbollah's top military commander was killed in Syria last year by rivals within the Shiite militant group, Israel's military chief said Tuesday.
JNS.org
March 20, 2017
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel's next armed conflict will likely be with Hezbollah and other Lebanon-based terrorist groups, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt.
Naharnet
March 20, 2017
Prime Minister and Mustaqbal leader Saad Hariri had held talks earlier in the day with President Michel Aoun after which he announced that Mustaqbal is "open to all the electoral laws that have been proposed.
The Daily Star
March 20, 2017
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Asharq Al-awsat English
March 11, 2017
This is the second declared incident showing "Hezbollah" involvement in Yemen. In mid-October 2015, military investigations revealed that Lebanese leaders affiliated to "Hezbollah" and Iranian leaders were involved in smuggling huge amount of arms intoÃÂ ...
Naharnet
March 11, 2017
Former Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Saturday lauded the positions of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi that lashed out at Hizbullah's possession of arms and its intervention in Syria's war. "We praise the stances expressed by Patriarch Beshara al ...
Naharnet
March 9, 2017
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres denounced in a periodic report on the implementation of resolution 1701, the recent statements made by Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah against Israel, rejecting "deterrence ...
Deutsche Welle
March 8, 2017
The Times of Israel reported that on January 8, according to unconfirmed reports, Israel carried out a range of airstrikes on a Shiite Hezbollah cell in the Golan Heights. Six Hezbollah militants and a brigadier from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ...
Naharnet
March 7, 2017
Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz has canceled a scheduled trip to Lebanon this month amid reports claiming that statements made by President Michel Aoun about Hizbullah's arms were to blame, media reports said on Monday. The King had plans to visit ...
News Deeply
March 7, 2017
Following Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's call for a safe zone in Syria along the Lebanese border, Syrian journalist Abdulrahman al-Masri explores what the Shiite militia stands to gain from such an area and the potential impact on regional powers.
Naharnet
March 6, 2017
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah escalated rhetoric in recent statements against the Gulf states blasting Saudi Arabia and the UAE over their military campaign in Yemen against Iran-backed rebels.
gulfnews.com
March 6, 2017
Hezbollah's arms and influence has also been a sticking point for Saudi Arabia, which is currently engaged in Yemen's civil war against Iran-backed Al Houthi militants.
TheTower.org
March 6, 2017
Israeli officials believe that a Hezbollah attack on the Jewish state will be supported by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday.
i24news
March 5, 2017
Labor Party leader and Leader of the Opposition Isaac Herzog departed for Moscow on Sunday in order to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss Hezbollah's presence in Syria. Herzog also plans to meet with leaders of the RussianÃÂ ...
Al-Arabiya
March 2, 2017
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Leaders Day in Jebshit village, southern Lebanon February 16, 2017. ... It has been known for ...
