This is Beirut, 29/10 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant posted a picture of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem on his X account, threatening him with the words, “temporary appointment, not for very long.” Qassem, who was the deputy of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, was chosen on Tuesday to serve as the organization’s new ...
Vanessa Kallas, 29/10 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Tehran Naim Qassem
Hezbollah announced in a press release on Tuesday that it had elected Naim Qassem to head the pro-Iranian group. Qassem succeeds Hassan Nasrallah, killed on September 27 by an Israeli strikeon Beirut's southern suburbs. Just after Nasrallah’s death was confirmed, the group announced that the Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem would ...
This is Beirut, 26/10 15:49 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Damascus Hassan Nasrallah Tehran Iran
Shortly before 6 a.m. on Saturday, the Israeli army announced the end of its nightly air strike against Iran. The attack lasted almost three hours and was carried out in three waves, during which Iranian military sites were targeted - 20 according to the New York Times. For the time being, it is not possible to comment on the impact or damage ...
Nisrine Merheb, 25/10 14:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
“And when the buried female infant is asked…” — this Quranic verse denounces the pre-Islamic custom of burying infant girls alive out of fear of “dishonor,” an act Islam would go on to forbid and criminalize. Back then, the infant girl was a victim—killed without consent, without fault, and denied even ...
This is Beirut, 23/10 20:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The escalation between Israel and Hezbollah continued throughout Wednesday, resulting in more than ten fatalities. An Israeli strike on Sarbin, a town in southern Lebanon, killed five people. The most recent statistics show that three individuals were killed in the raid on Maarake and two in the morning raid that damaged the religious hall in ...
This is Beirut, 22/10 23:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israel confirmed on Tuesday that it has killed Hashem Safieddine, the presumed successor of slain Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, was the most likely successor to Nasrallah, who is also his cousin. Safieddine’s body, along with the corpses of 23 other persons, all ...
Malo Pinatel, 22/10 23:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah South Lebanon Hashem Sadieffine
Likely killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday, October 3rd, Hachem Safieddine, whose body was found on Tuesday, October 22nd, was an influential figure within Hezbollah. Born in 1964 in Deir Qanoun Al Naher, South Lebanon, he was a maternal cousin of the pro-Iranian group’s secretary-general, Hassan ...
This is Beirut, 22/10 17:59 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Avichay Adraee Haret Hreik Beirut southern suburb
Following claims made by Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-speaking spokesperson for Israel, that there is a site containing “hundreds of millions of dollars in gold and cash” belonging to Hezbollah located in a bunker beneath Sahel Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut. In response, the Hezbollah communication department organized a media tour, ...
This is Beirut, 19/10 22:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas Hassan Nasrallah Middle East Benjamin Netanyahu Palestine Tehran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran-backed Hezbollah of trying to kill him on Saturday, after his office said a drone from Lebanon hit the premier's family home. The drone attack -- which Hezbollah has not acknowledged -- came as Israeli troops fight the pro-Iranian formation on the ground in southern Lebanon. It followed a ...
This is Beirut, 15/10 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iranian commander Esmail Qaani appeared in public on Tuesday after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Abbas Nilforoushan, who was killed last month in Lebanon. Nilforoushan, a general in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut alongside Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The funeral ...
Paul Guillot, 11/10 10:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Benjamin Netanyahu
After decades of unresolved military confrontations, Israel seems to have gained the upper hand over Hezbollah since September 1. The killing of prominent leaders within the pro-Iranian militia, with the most high-profile being the assassination of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, signals a major shift in Israel's strategy and the power ...
This is Beirut, 10/10 21:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah US Treasury USA
Born in 1960 in the village of Zabdine, near Nabatieh, Safa has long been an influential member of Hezbollah. As the brother-in-law of Hassan Nasrallah, he occupies a unique position within the pro-Iranian formation, blending familial ties with strategic leadership. Though often discreet, Safa is recognized for his significant role in the ...