The Battle of Bint Jbeil in Southern Lebanon was a major event in the Second Lebanon War; eight IDF soldiers lost their lives trying to take…
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Military Intelligence chief Herzl Halevi said Wednesday that another war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah would be much harsher for the home fronts on both sides. “If there…
Gen. Qasem Soleimani is the commander of the Quds Force, the branch of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards operating abroad. He has a rule: Never draft more than…
Mustafa Bedreddine has reportedly been killed by an Israeli warplane near Damascus. ALEX ROWELL To close friends, he is “Dhu al-Faqar”—the name, meaning, “the cleaver of…
Yaakov Lappin, Tel Aviv – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly The IDF believes that the Russian military presence in Syria is having a moderating effect on the…
The leader of the Shi’ite sector in Lebanon, Musa al-Sadr, mysteriously disappeared in Libya in the 1970s. A new book claims that the imam, who did…
The Assad regime in Damascus has depended on Lebanon’s Army of God to shore up its weakened troops. But now many Lebanese fighters are refusing to…
Working alongside Russian forces will likely enhance the group’s ongoing shift toward a more offensive-minded strategy, with significant implications for the planning and conduct of any…
The Vatican’s nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, center, visits a hospitalized victim of the Nov. 12 twin suicide bombings in Beirut. The Rev. Wissam Maalouf,…
Recent polling results suggest that King Abdullah’s low-profile policy toward Syria is well calculated to keep him out of trouble. As the international spillover from Syria’s…
Lebanese media outlet quotes diplomats claiming Hezbollah will only act defensively in Syria after fight for Al-Zabadani ends. Roi Kais While Syria, Russia and Iran solidify…
The IDF is preparing for the next confrontation with Hezbollah, which was dangerously close to breaking out in the winter, with new tactics, like creation of…
A closer look at how an Iranian-linked Hezbollah chief bombed the Khobar Towers and walked free — until last month. Foreign Affairs Two weeks ago, according…
Jeremy Binnie, London – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly An M113 APC of the LAF’s Support Brigade fires a TOW II during a live-fire demonstration near Baalbek…
Favorable poll numbers aside, Hezbollah’s adventure in Syria is raising concerns among the group’s Lebanese Shiite constituency. The nuclear agreement with Iran may represent a dramatic…
The Lebanese terrorist group continues to operate in Europe despite warnings from the EU. Three years ago this month, Hezbollah blew up a bus of tourists…
The Khobar Towers bombing on June 25, 1996 This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two senior Hezbollah members, Khalil Harb and Muhammad Qabalan, for “terrorist actions.”…
This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two senior Hezbollah members, Khalil Harb and Muhammad Qabalan, for “terrorist actions.” Both operatives have long Hezbollah resumes, but they…
The group will no doubt continue helping the Assad regime hang on, but the war’s heavy attrition, Syria’s demographic realities, and rebel gains elsewhere in the…
This weekend, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech about the Lebanese Shiite militia’s impending victory in the Syrian border district of Qalamoun. The two-week campaign…
Nicholas Blanford, Beirut – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Lebanon’s militant Shia group, Hizbullah, has constructed an airstrip in the northern Bekaa Valley for its unmanned aerial…
The remarks Tuesday by Hezbollah parliamentarian Hasan Fadlallah, deriding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon “as a scandalous breach of Lebanese sovereignty,” were better suited for a…
On March 31, Lebanese prime minister Tammam Salam was in Kuwait attending a UN humanitarian relief conference for Syria, seeking a billion dollars in assistance to…
By Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s international operations chief, walked on a quiet nighttime street in Damascus after dinner…
It would be very strange if the discovery of MOSSAD’s penetration into the highest leadership of Lebanese Hezbollah a few days ago does not create a…
Sunday, Israeli airstrikes targeted a convoy of Hezbollah vehicles, killing several senior operatives, reportedly including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah terrorist leader Imad Mughniyeh.…
BEIRUT — Around a kitchen table in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a midlevel Hezbollah commander moved empty coffee cups and a plastic water bottle around a cell…
So great are the worries that Sunni-Shiite relations may deteriorate in Lebanon, that everyone embraces the impending dialogue between the Future Movement and Hezbollah. While nothing…
On Dec. 7, the Israeli air force carried out a series of surgical air strikes inside Syria. Such strikes are not uncommon in Syria and Lebanon—the…
The killing of six soldiers near Ras Baalbek Tuesday concealed a broader political message, one with significant implications for Hezbollah: The primary defender of domestic peace…
Hezbollah wants the world to know it still wants death to Israel, it’s just really busy right now. As Iranian and P5+1 negotiators met in Vienna…
Tango 10 protects the pass leading to the Christian village of Ras Baalbek near the Lebanese-Syrian border * By Holly Watt, in Lebanon, video by Heathcliff…
Look, Fury is great. But it lacks something—the claustrophobia of combat in an armored vehicle. What Fury was trying to achieve—the tension of being surrounded by…
Press release Sepah Pasdaran, Hezbollah implicated in war crimes – Iran an ‘occupying force’ in regime-held areas of Syria Beirut/Damascus/Tehran, 9 November 2014 – The campaign…
Maghen Abraham, Beirut’s oldest synagogue, undergoes renovation in Wadi Abu-Jamil district in downtown Beirut (Courtesy Reuters) * Miriam Mizrahi Guindi, a Syrian Jew originally from Aleppo,…
Given its recent track record of targeting Israelis, Hezbollah’s decision to take public responsibility for a new border attack likely has more to do with burnishing…
The Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea and MP Sami Gemayel travelled to Saudi Arabia on Monday evening after being invited to hold talks with top officials…
On October 7, for the first time since the July 2006 war, Hezbollah publicly claimed responsibility for an attack against Israel after two soldiers were wounded…
New polls show that the group has curried little favor in key countries, but the nuances behind the numbers have important implications for U.S. policy toward…
The Obama administration has responded to the beheadings of two American journalists by launching an air campaign to “degrade and destroy” Islamic State in Iraq and…
Government regulation of residential rent has existed in Lebanon since the country’s formation. Densely populated cities all over the world have had, at one point or…
The rising number of attacks against the Lebanese Army in Arsal and northern Lebanon is a worrying reminder of what is at stake for the military.…
To the panorama of Iranian subversion of the Middle East, brilliantly described below, the Yemen is, notably, missing. The pro-Iran Houthi militia, a shiite middle ages…
There are several versions of what happened in Arsal last Saturday. But whichever one applies, the Army must avoid being drawn into the Syrian conflict and…
As Iran continues to absorb its recent setbacks in Iraq, one place where both the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia appear to be aiming to contain…
It’s a balmy Friday morning in Beirut and I’ve just returned to the city after a long five months absence. Last time I was here the…
As Israel’s Operation Protective Edge continues in Gaza, the conflict is affecting almost all major cities in Israel, including communities near the northern borders. Yet northern…
Together, united by the spirit of the Church of Antioch, where – according to the Acts of the Apostles – Jesus’ followers were called Christians for…
It rained heavily during the night of December 3, 2013. Car traffic had nearly stopped altogether when the rented vehicle moved slowly and parked at a…
During his June 4 visit to Lebanon, Secretary of State John Kerry encouraged lawmakers to elect a new president, pledged $51 million to help Beirut host…