Tag: Lebanon
Washington holding $100 million in aid to Lebanon, says State Department official
The White House is holding up more than $100 million in security aid to Lebanon, a senior U.S. State Department official said, according to an AFP report on Tuesday.
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David...
Report: US withholding $105 million in security assistance for Lebanon
The United States is withholding $105 million in security assistance for Lebanon, reported Reuters on Thursday, citing two U.S. officials.
This development comes as Israel has reportedly asked the United States and other countries to condition assistance to...
Lebanese demonstrators trample Israeli flags to prove patriotism
Lebanese protesters in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square have been trampling Israeli flags to demonstrate that “there is only one enemy, the Israeli enemy,” and that they serve no foreign interests and are not funded...
Israel exposes Hezbollah precision-missile factory amid dramatic uptick in tensions
Days after a major security escalation erupted between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid Israeli warnings over Hezbollah’s precision-missile program, the Israel Defense Forces exposed on Tuesday a new facility in eastern Lebanon for the...
Israel, US seek augmentation of UNIFIL to curb Hezbollah
As the U.N Security Council is set to vote Thursday on whether to extend the mandate of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Israel and the United States are pushing for the peacekeeping...
Facing tensions on multiple fronts, is Israel on the verge of an all-out war?
The big news in Israel is not that Iran attemptedto send kamikaze drones into Israeli territory last week or that Israel targeted that terrorist cell in Syria; these are not completely out of the ordinary or even...
Israel reportedly strikes Palestinian terror base in Lebanon
Israel carried out a strike on a base in Lebanon belonging to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC), reported Arabic media early Monday morning.
The Israel Defense Forces has yet...
UN ambassador Danon: ‘The Port of Beirut has become the Port of Hezbollah’
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon presented new evidence to the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday showing how Iran is using civilian transport routes to arm the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah.
Speaking at...
Jury finds former Uggs salesman guilty for working as Hezbollah ‘sleeper agent’
A former Uggs salesman has been found guilty for working as a “sleeper” agent for Hezbollah while living in the Bronx, assisting the terrorist group in planing attacks on New York City.
Ali Kourani, 34, was...
UN confirms third Hezbollah tunnel into Israel, violating ceasefire agreement
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) confirmed on Thursday that a tunnel discovered by Israel earlier this year alongside the Lebanese-Israeli border, dug by the terrorist group Hezbollah, was the third violation...