Joanne Naoum, 2024-07-17 11:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
After the July war in 2006, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah flabbergasted the Lebanese by declaring a “divine victory” against Israel. Lebanon had paid a heavy cost for this so-called “victory” with countless human losses and massive destruction, from which it took years to recover. Once again, Nasrallah disregarded the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-09 23:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front flared up again on Tuesday afternoon following the death of Abou al-Fadl Karnbach, Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard, in an Israeli strike on his car on the Beirut-Damascus road. The pro-Iranian group swiftly retaliated, launching a barrage of rockets towards the Golan, targeting the Kilaa base. According to Israeli army ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-09 16:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Abu al-Fadl Qarnabash, the former key bodyguard of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, was killed on Tuesday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his car on the Damascus-Beirut Road near the Ya'four-Saboura checkpoint, according to information obtained by This is Beirut. Qarnabash had a role within the pro-Iranian ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-07-05 12:38 - Reading : less than a minute
Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and senior Hamas officials, led by top Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya, met on Friday. This meeting builds upon previous engagements, reflecting a continued collaboration between the two groups. The discussion encompassed a review of the latest security and political developments in Palestine, ...
2024-06-20 21:53 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
The self-proclaimed decision-maker on matters of war and peace in Lebanon, Hezbollah strives to increase the country’s isolation from the rest of the world. Today, the focal point is Cyprus, located approximately 200 km from Lebanon, whose relations with the latter are at risk of significant deterioration, depending on the mood and interests of ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-20 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Thursday that a threat against Cyprus was tantamount to a threat against the entire European Union, after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah threatened the island nation the previous day with reprisals if it opened its airports or bases to Israel "to target Lebanon." [readmore ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-06-19 22:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah gave a show of strength intended to demonstrate the extent of his party's capabilities, claiming that it is "prepared for the worst-case scenarios." Not only did he issue threats against Israel, but, this time, he also targeted Cyprus, threatening to change the situation in the Mediterranean. "An ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-22 10:45 - Reading : less than a minute
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is set to lead a Lebanese delegation on Wednesday to participate in the funeral of the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter accident on Sunday, May 19. In related events, Hezbollah announced that a ceremony will be held on Friday in honor of the late Iranian president, Foreign Minister ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-15 11:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Head of the National Council for Lifting Iran's Occupation of Lebanon Fares Souhaid elaborated on what Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah wants from the Syrian refugees dossier. In a message posted on his X account, the former MP highlighted four points in which he considered that Nasrallah "is using them as a pressure card against ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-03 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The Iran-backed “leaders of the Resistance” marked the annual “Jerusalem Day” through public addresses, in which they vowed to keep up the confrontation against Israel, while criticizing Arab idleness and incapacity to check Israel’s “continuous onslaught” against the Palestinians in Gaza. The announcement of the event noted that ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-16 22:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Lebanese southern border witnessed yet another day of violence on Friday. Israel bombarded the towns of Majdel Zoun, Labbouneh, Hamoul, Aita al-Shaab, Rachaya al-Foukhar, Kfar Hamam, and Hebbariyeh, as well as residential areas in Kfar Kila and the region between Yater and Bayt Lif. A missile fired by an Israeli fighter plane fell without ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-16 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
During his speech commemorating Hezbollah's "martyred fighters" on Friday, the group's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, vowed to retaliate for Wednesday's deadly Israeli raids on Nabatiyeh and Sawaneh, in which more than 12 people were killed, including three Hezbollah fighters. "The enemy should understand that it went too far by targeting ...