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  • State of play

    State of play

    The most potent of all the armed non-state actors in West Asia, Hezbollah, is undergoing deep convulsions. The international footprint of the Lebanese Hezbollah, which fought the battle-hardened Israeli army to a standstill in the first decade of the millennium, has certainly grown. But conversely, the militant group is weaker domestically today than it was at any point over the past decade.

    November 22, 2022
  • Hezbollah accused of targeting Saudi Arabia via Sanaa airport

    Hezbollah accused of targeting Saudi Arabia via Sanaa airport

    At the press conference, he showed pictures of Hezbollah's members training the Houthi militia to launch explosive-laden drones.

    December 27, 2021
  • Fully prepared for any war with Israel: Hezbollah

    Fully prepared for any war with Israel: Hezbollah

    Nasrallah's comments came following the exchange of rockets between Lebanon and Israel over the past two days.

    August 8, 2021
  • Iraq parliament demands US troop ouster, Hezbollah warns US forces will go home in coffins

    Iraq parliament demands US troop ouster, Hezbollah warns US forces will go home in coffins

    Some 5,200 US soldiers are stationed across Iraqi bases to support local troops preventing a resurgence of the Islamic State jihadist group.

    January 6, 2020
  • Pressure ramped up

    Pressure ramped up

    The countries that the US Secretary of State claims to have repeatedly provided support to terrorist activity are labelled as ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’. Iran has been thus designated since 19 January 1984. Against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, followed by the hostage drama where the American Embassy in Tehran was stormed...

    October 24, 2018
  • Hariri will quit if Hezbollah doesn’t stay neutral

    Hariri will quit if Hezbollah doesn’t stay neutral

    Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said that he will resign if the Hezbollah resistance movement refuses to remain neutral in the country. Hariri, in remarks to French broadcaster CNews, said on Monday that he would continue as Prime Minister “if Hezbollah accepted to stick by the state policy of staying out of regional conflicts...

    November 28, 2017
  • Hezbollah a ‘menace’ to entire Middle East: Donald Trump

    Hezbollah a ‘menace’ to entire Middle East: Donald Trump

    US President Donald Trump called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East, accusing it and Iran of fuelling a humanitarian disaster in Syria. "Hezbollah is a menace to the Lebanese state, the Lebanese people and the entire region," Trump said at a joint press conference alongside Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad...

    July 26, 2017
  • Facebook leaked identities of moderators to potential terrorists

    Facebook leaked identities of moderators to potential terrorists

    Facebook has put the security of its content moderators at risk by accidentally leaking their identities to suspected terrorist users on the social network. According to a report in the Guardian on Friday, the security lapse that was identified in November 2016 has affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook who used...

    June 17, 2017