Tag: Lebanon
Lebanese journalist: Energy access to be found in peace agreement with Israel
Lebanese Shi’ite journalist and media personality Nadim Koteich wrote in an article in the popular London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that Hezbollah is holding the country hostage and preventing it from reaching a peace agreement with Israel.
According to...
Saudi Arabia: ‘Pointless’ dealing with Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon
Dealing with Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon is “pointless,” said Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud in a TV interview on Sunday.
“There is a crisis in Lebanon with the dominance of...
Hezbollah warns Israel against drilling in disputed maritime border area
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Friday not to drill for oil and gas until the maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon is resolved.
“If the enemy thinks they can act as they...
Lebanon’s top cleric condemns Beirut violence, calls to respect judiciary
Lebanon’s top Christian cleric called on Sunday for all parties in the country to respect the independence of the judiciary, and condemned as “unacceptable” violence of the sort that erupted in Beirut last week.
“We...
Report: Hamas building up military presence in Lebanon
A report by the Alma Research and Education Center reveals the new front that Hamas, the terror organization that rules the Gaza Strip, is building in Southern Lebanon against Israel.
By adding to its power north of...
Lebanon has not received request to transfer Iranian fuel, energy minister says
Lebanese Energy Minister Raymond Ghajar said on Wednesday that the country’s caretaker government has not received a request to import fuel from Iran. His comments come after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah had announced last month that...
Iconic Mossad agent Yael Man dies at 85
Famed Mossad agent Yael Man, whose contributions to the intelligence agency made her a national Israeli hero, passed away on Sunday at the age of 85.
Man served as an undercover agent in Lebanon, gathering...
Four Hezbollah members reportedly killed in alleged Israeli Syria strike
Israel launched missile strikes against targets in northern Syria early on Friday, according to Reuters.
The report cited a Syrian military source as saying that the strikes originated from the direction of Beirut, and triggered Syria’s...
A Hezbollah-Israel conflict is closer than ever
Hezbollah fired 19 rockets at northern Israel on Aug. 6, and IDF artillery units returned fire into Southern Lebanon. The situation has been quiet since, but the idea that the escalation is “behind us”...
Hezbollah warns Israel, US not to interfere with shipment of Iranian oil to Lebanon
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel and the United States against interfering with an oil tanker that was set to leave Iran for Lebanon on Thursday.
In a televised address commemorating the Shi’ite Ashura...