Tag: Kata’ib Hezbollah
Kata’ib Hezbollah releases video of Israeli-Russian captive
Iraq-based Kata’ib Hezbollah released a video on Monday night of kidnapped Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov.
The four-minute video was the first sign of life released by the Iran-backed terror group since it captured Tsurkov in...
Iranian terror axis begins challenging US in Mideast
A U.S. Navy warship intercepted projectiles off the coast of Yemen likely fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis, CNN reported on Thursday, after a series of drone attacks launched by Iranian-backed militias on American military positions in...
Tsurkov’s fate will ultimately depend on Iran
The abduction of Elizabeth Tsurkov is an achievement that Iran and its proxies can claim against Israel after a long streak of failures. Just recently its plot to target Israelis was thwarted in Cyprus....
Iran-backed Shi’ite militia holds Israeli citizen hostage in Iraq
The Iran-backed Shi’ite militia Kata'ib Hezbollah, which the U.S. State Department designates as a Foreign Terror Organization, is holding a dual Israeli-Russian citizen hostage in Iraq, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office revealed on Wednesday.
Elizabeth Tsurkov,...
US seizes dozens of Iranian-run sites ‘disguised as news organizations’
The United States has seized a total of 36 websites linked to Iran, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Tuesday.
Thirty-three of the sites were used by the Iranian Islamic Radio and Television Union (IRTVU),...
Iran is fighting two parallel shadow wars, partly to seek retaliation
Recent events have demonstrated that Iran is engaging in two, parallel “shadow wars”: one against Israel and the second is against the United States. The explosive attack against an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of...
Israeli-British journalist has been banned for life from entering America
Israeli-British journalist Jonathan Spyer revealed in an article in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that he is “banned for life from entering America.”
Spyer received a document from the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem in 2019, in...
US strikes five Iranian-backed weapons storage facilities after attack on US soldiers in Iraq
The United States launched on late Thursday strikes on five weapon storage facilities belonging to Kata’ib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades) – an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group and part of the Popular Mobilization Forces supported by...