Tag: Lebanon
New report exposes how Iran is entrenching itself into southern Syria
A new report released by the Alma Research and Education Center has exposed new details about suspected efforts by the Iranian-led Shi’ite axis to build civilian support networks throughout south Syria.
The report highlighted the strategic thinking...
Lebanese president to US official: Impasse in maritime border talks can be overcome
Lebanese President Michel Aoun told a U.S. mediator on Wednesday that his country’s differences with Israel regarding the two countries’ maritime border dispute could be overcome through negotiations after the border talks were postponed on Monday.
“The...
Erdan demands UN Security Council take immediate action to disarm Hezbollah
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan submitted an official letter to the U.N. Security Council demanding it to take immediate action against Hezbollah’s military buildup and ongoing activities in southern Lebanon.
Erdan’s letter...
US sanctions pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician
The Trump administration announced on Friday that it has sanctioned a top pro-Hezbollah Lebanese politician.
Former Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil was sanctioned for helping Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group—a move “likely to upend attempts to form...
Could Lebanon’s first negotiations with Israel in decades lead to normalization?
For the first time in three decades, Israel and Lebanon held the first of what is expected to be a series of negotiations over the next few months regarding the two countries’ shared maritime...
US-brokered Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks get underway
Negotiating teams from Israel and Lebanon met on Wednesday for the first session of U.S.-brokered maritime-border talks, the United States and United Nations confirmed in a joint statement.
During the meeting, the representatives held “productive...
France looks to restore influence in Lebanon, but Iran isn’t budging
The multiple explosions in Beirut on Aug. 4 ravaged more than just part of Lebanon’s capital city. The government completely crumbled in the aftermath, and Hezbollah began to take heat from some quarters of...
Israel and Lebanon agree to US-mediated border talks
Israel and Lebanon announced on Thursday their intention to participate in U.S.-mediated talks, with the aim of settling their maritime border dispute.
The dispute has been ongoing for decades, but became more urgent following natural-gas...
Hezbollah leader accuses Netanyahu of ‘inciting’ against terrorist group
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “lying” to the United Nations after the Israel leader used his address before the U.N. General Assembly to expose what he claimed were...
In UN speech, Netanyahu warns of Hezbollah arms depot in Beirut
Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly virtually on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a secret arms depot belonging to Hezbollah near Beirut’s International Airport and warned that the terror group’s depot could...