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Buoys designating Israel-Lebanon maritime borders. Credit: Chadica/Flickr.

With UN supervision, Lebanon is ready to draw maritime borders with Israel

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Lebanon announced on Tuesday that it is prepared to draw its maritime border with Israel under U.N. supervision, reported Lebanese media. “We are ready to draw Lebanon’s maritime borders and those of the Exclusive Economic...
Lebanon Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. Credit: Screenshot.

Lebanon warns neighbors not to use Israel-EU pipeline

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Lebanon warned its neighbors on Thursday not to use a planned gas pipeline that will go from Israel to the European Union, citing a maritime border disagreement with the Jewish state, which it considers...
Israeli troops search for attack tunnels dug into Israel from southern Lebanon that the Israel Defense Forces believes Hezbollah planned to use in future wars, January 2019. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.

In Lebanon, Hezbollah’s political power rises along with its military might

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Inside Lebanon, Hezbollah wields unrivalled military power, but it is also engaged in increasing its political power. It achieved this goal through the newly formed Lebanese government, which has seen the Iranian-backed terrorist organization...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Dec. 4, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Israel is still doing America’s dirty work in Syria

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For some observers, this past weekend’s revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the Jewish state. Some pundits treated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public acknowledgement...
An Israeli rocket fired at a Hezbollah target during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Credit: Haim Azulay/Flash90.

Report: Hezbollah mobilizing missiles from Syria to south Lebanon

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Hezbollah has begun mobilizing missiles from Syria ‎to southern Lebanon in a bid to counter a potential ‎Israeli strike, rebel-affiliated media outlets in ‎Syria reported Thursday.‎ The Shiite terrorist group is reportedly concerned ‎that the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Israel demands international action on Hezbollah tunnels

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The Israeli government demanded international action on Hezbollah on Tuesday for building tunnels to infiltrate and launch attacks against Israel. “These cross-border terror tunnels were built by Hezbollah with direct support and funding from Iran....
Palestinian supporters of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine wave the group's red flag, the Syrian flag, and the Palestinian flag as they holds poster of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah during a rally on May 7, 2013, following two reported Israeli airstrikes on Syria that sent regional tensions soaring. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hezbollah threatens ‘inevitable retaliation’ if ‎Israel attacks Lebanon‎

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned on Monday that ‎any Israeli attack on Lebanese soil would meet ‎‎“inevitable retaliation” by the Shi’ite terrorist ‎group.‎ The statement was made prior to the Israel Defense Forces’ ‎announcement on...
An Israeli rocket fired at a Hezbollah target during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Credit: Haim Azulay/Flash90.

Hezbollah has more firepower than ‘95 percent of world’s conventional militaries,’ warns report

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Israel and Hezbollah have been adversaries for decades now, dating back to the Jewish state’s involvement in the Lebanese civil war. However, bolstered by the military and financial support of its Iranian patron, the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York, visual in hand, revealing a hidden Iranian nuclear facility and secret missiles in Lebanon’s capital, on Sept. 27, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

At UN, Netanyahu reveals hidden Iranian nuclear site, secret Lebanon missiles

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In his address at the U.N. General Assembly’s 73rd session on Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visual in hand, revealed a hidden Iranian nuclear facility and secret missiles in Lebanon’s capital. Netanyahu said the Iranian...
The Israel-Lebanon border. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Construction of 80-mile border wall in north near Lebanon causes some tension

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To protect its civilians from Hezbollah attacks, Israel is building a wall along its border with Lebanon. A senior Israeli military official emphasized the need for the barrier, saying that although Israeli intelligence monitors the...