This is Beirut, 13/02 19:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Despite mounting pressure on Hezbollah’s smuggling networks and Iran’s deepening financial crisis, trade flows between Tehran and Beirut surged in 2025, suggesting the two are adapting illicit channels to sustain Hezbollah’s parallel economy. Hezbollah's position has weakened since 2024 and Iran's financial crisis has ...
Marwan El Amine, 13/02 11:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Hezbollah has initiated a comprehensive restructuring of its military, security, and political apparatuses to consolidate its ranks after Israel’s military campaign caused severe disruptions, including the assassination of its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and numerous top commanders. Officers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 22:50 - Reading : less than a minute
The IDF carried out an airstrike targeting a Hezbollah operative near al-Tayri in southern Lebanon on Thursday evening, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced on X. The attack hit a car with three missiles and killed one person. This strike follows a series of attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 22:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The Lebanese army has stated it will crack down on illegal border crossings along its boundary with Syria on Thursday, as the two countries work towards addressing their porous border and the illicit networks operating across it. Crossings in the northern Beqaa Valley are a primary focus of the army’s efforts to increase monitoring of the ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 16:55 - Reading : less than a minute
Earlier on Thursday, Israel struck the town of Yaroun with artillery shelling, along the Lebanese-Israeli border in the Bint Jbeil district. Israeli forces also crossed the border and entered the town of Kfar Kila. Two houses in Yaroun's old neighborhood were damaged, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. In addition, two houses ...
This is Beirut, 12/02 10:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Lebanon’s government will decide next week how to proceed with the second phase of its plan to bring all weapons under state control, including arms held by Hezbollah, extending the process to areas north of the Litani River, Information Minister Paul Morcos said on Wednesday. Speaking in Kuwait on the sidelines of an Arab meeting, Morcos said ...
This is Beirut, 11/02 19:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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THIS IS BEIRUT AND MIND ISRAEL CO-HOST PANEL DISCUSSION AT THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE ABOUT LEBANON-ISRAEL PEACE The panel, which will be livestreamed, will discuss the setbacks and progress made as Lebanon and Israel engage in dialogue, and will look ahead to the road toward peace (MUNICH): On Saturday, February 14 at 12:30 PM (Eastern ...
This is Beirut, 11/02 15:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iranian diplomats used diplomatic passports to ferry large sums of U.S. dollars to Lebanon in recent months, allegedly channeling cash directly to Hezbollah as the group struggles to recover from heavy military and financial losses, according to an investigation published by Iran International. The outlet reported that at least six senior Iranian ...
This is Beirut, 10/02 18:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The U.S. Treasury Department released a statement on Tuesday outlining new sanctions that target Hezbollah’s cash-based financial network. Elaborating on the sanctions, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent stated that the “Treasury will work to cut these terrorists off from the global financial system to give Lebanon a chance to be ...
Amal Chmouny, 10/02 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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When Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Rodolphe Haykal arrived in the U.S. capital during the first week of February, he entered a fundamentally transformed strategic landscape. The meetings that unfolded—from tense political exchanges to a dramatic walkout by Sen. Lindsey Graham—crystallized a stark reality: Lebanon’s decades-long balancing act ...
This is Beirut, 10/02 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is preparing to withdraw most of its troops from Lebanon by mid-2027, following the expiration of its mandate, spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told AFP on Tuesday. UNIFIL, which has served for decades as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon, has recently been supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces ...
Iftah Burman, 10/02 13:00 - Reading : 10 minute(s)
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As Hezbollah faces mounting pressure, the risk is growing that the group could once again turn to assassinations to preserve its fragile military, political, and financial positions. In December 2025, fresh revelations about the activities of Hezbollah’s assassination squad, Unit 121, brought the group’s use of political violence back ...