Tag: Hezbollah
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Hezbollah ‘not the answer,’ says Lebanese journalist
Since the 1960s Israel has become a regional powerhouse, while Lebanon has regressed to the point where it is no longer a respected country, Lebanese journalist and political analyst Nadim Koteich in a recent...
Hezbollah leader: Israel eyes missile-making in Syria
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Wednesday that Israel is concentrating on attacking missile-making sites in Syria.
He asserted that Syrian President Bashar Assad has strong control over the country, according to a Reuters report. Iran-backed Hezbollah...
Hezbol-Law: Behind Germany’s long-awaited ban of the terrorist organization
On April 30, Germany officially banned all Hezbollah activities in Germany. In a dramatic demonstration of its execution, authorities raided four mosques believed to have ties to the Lebanese terror group.
Critics of Germany’s reluctance...
Israel insists on major changes to operations of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said on Wednesday that major changes need to be made in the operations of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.
“We have seen that slowly there...
Congress members push for suspending US assistance to Lebanese Armed Forces
A group of Republican members of Congress have called on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to re-evaluate and suspend U.S. assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which has supported the U.S.-designated terrorist group and Iranian proxy Hezbollah.
“Since 2010,...
‘Israeli airstrike in Syria killed nine fighters, some linked with Hezbollah’
Nine fighters, including six foreigners loyal to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, were killed on Monday in an Israeli airstrike near Palmyra in Syria’s Homs Governorate, the U.K.-based monitor group Syrian Observatory for Human...
Report: Israeli drone fires missiles at Hezbollah vehicle in Syria
An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a vehicle near the Syria-Lebanon border carrying a pair of Hezbollah members on Wednesday, according to a Hezbollah official. Neither of the Hezbollah members was wounded in...
US sanctions Lebanese individuals, companies with alleged ties to Hezbollah
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned 15 Lebanese individuals and companies allegedly tied to a part of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah’s financial support network called the Martyrs Foundation.
Atlas Holding was designated by the United States...
Former Israeli defense official calls for joining of US and Russia to roll back...
The next Israeli government should aim to bring the United States and Russia together to decrease Iran’s destructive influence in the region, a former senior Israeli defense official has told JNS.
Professor Rear Admiral (Ret.)...
New Guatemalan president to keep embassy in Jerusalem, labels Hezbollah terror group
The new president of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, pledged on Tuesday to “keep the embassy in Jerusalem and designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization” during a meeting in Guatemala City with Ofir Akunis, Israeli...