Tag: Lebanon
Hezbollah chief: ‘We will kill’ before giving up weapons
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah issued a warning on Tuesday evening against anyone trying to take advantage of the current unrest in Lebanon to weaken his organization.
“Whoever puts us between the option of withdrawing our...
US general: Soleimani killing has had ‘significant effect’ in deterrence against Iran
The elimination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani by the United States earlier this year has had “significant effect” in deterring the Iranian threat, though the Islamic Republic remains the greatest threat in the...
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Hezbollah ‘not the answer,’ says Lebanese journalist
Since the 1960s Israel has become a regional powerhouse, while Lebanon has regressed to the point where it is no longer a respected country, Lebanese journalist and political analyst Nadim Koteich in a recent...
Hezbol-Law: Behind Germany’s long-awaited ban of the terrorist organization
On April 30, Germany officially banned all Hezbollah activities in Germany. In a dramatic demonstration of its execution, authorities raided four mosques believed to have ties to the Lebanese terror group.
Critics of Germany’s reluctance...
Israel insists on major changes to operations of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said on Wednesday that major changes need to be made in the operations of the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon.
“We have seen that slowly there...
Congress members push for suspending US assistance to Lebanese Armed Forces
A group of Republican members of Congress have called on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to re-evaluate and suspend U.S. assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which has supported the U.S.-designated terrorist group and Iranian proxy Hezbollah.
“Since 2010,...
Report: One dead, dozens wounded in clashes as Lebanese currency crashes, food prices soar
At least one person died and dozens more were wounded in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday after protests over Lebanon’s increasingly dire economic situation deteriorated into rioting, Arab media reported on...
Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon reports its first case of coronavirus
A woman from Syria has become the first person in the sole Palestinian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon to test positive for the coronavirus, reported the Associated Press on Wednesday.
UNRWA, the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency, said that all...
US sanctions Lebanese individuals, companies with alleged ties to Hezbollah
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned 15 Lebanese individuals and companies allegedly tied to a part of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah’s financial support network called the Martyrs Foundation.
Atlas Holding was designated by the United States...
‘All Israeli positions within range of Iranian fire,’ says top Iranian general
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned on Tuesday that all of Israel’s military positions were within range of Iranian attack, adding that such an attack would not necessarily come from...