When Nasrallah Strikes A Deal With Assad
On his exit from the bunker, which he entered on his own volition 11 years ago, in one of the suburbs of Beirut, the secretary-general of Hezbollah tends to dress-up.
On his exit from the bunker, which he entered on his own volition 11 years ago, in one of the suburbs of Beirut, the secretary-general of Hezbollah tends to dress-up.
The winner of a Lebanese beauty pageant has been stripped of her title just one week after winning her crown, local media has reported.
BEIRUT — As US President Donald Trump recently stood beside the Lebanese prime minister praising his government for standing up to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed organization was busy demonstrating just how wrong he was.
The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Saturday that an Iraqi citizen arrested in Lebanon two months ago is suspected of collaborating with Israeli security officials and was even asked to gather information about the whereabouts of Israeli navigator Ron Arad, who was captured in October 1986 and is now presumed dead.
Two incidents this week showcase the complexity of the challenges facing Israel on its northern front.
Iran is smuggling weapons and ammunition to Hezbollah through commercial flights from the Islamic Republic to Lebanon, according to intelligence information revealed by Israel’s UN ambassador to the Security Council, which was cleared for publication on Tuesday.
It was Hezbollah’s first-ever military parade on foreign soil. And they showed off.
The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander and Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister.
No matter how we look at it, General Michel Aoun is bad news. The 128 members of Beirut’s parliament will convene next Monday to elect Lebanon’s next president.
Hezbollah chairman Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech on Saturday celebrating the “anniversary of the end of the Second Lebanon War.” Speaking from his bunker, his speech was broadcasted on giant screens in the town of Bint J’beil, located only a few hundred yards away from the border with Israel.