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Naim Qassem: Hezbollah to Facilitate Presidential Election, Upholds Taif

This is Beirut, 20/11 17:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Amos Hochstein Hezbollah Israel Naim Qassem ceasefire

Hezbollah’s Secretary General Naim Qassem has sought to woe the Lebanese opposed to the war that his pro-Iranian party initiated “in support for Gaza” by promising to facilitate the long-delayed election of a president of the Republic and respect the terms of the Taif Agreement, which ended the 1975-1990 civil war in Lebanon. “We will ...

All but Ideal: Naim Qassem’s Shortcomings

Nisrine Merheb, 08/11 17:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Naim Qassem Lebanon

“Polite” [Sheikh] Naim Qassem might have preferred a career as a chemistry teacher, or perhaps he would have remained content as Deputy Secretary-General. Back then, we might have welcomed his “light” appearances, his intellectual statements and his “modern” positions, like his 2017 statement attacking women who are “adorned” or ...

Daou to Qassem: Stop Selling Illusions

This is Beirut, 06/11 19:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Marc Daou Naim Qassem Lebanon

Opposition MP Mark Daou deconstructed Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem's populist rhetoric, urging him to “stop selling illusions and sending young people to certain death.” “Sheikh Qassem, it seems that no one has informed you that the terrain has not induced any change in the balance of power (with Israel). Thirty-seven Lebanese ...

To Sheikh Naim Qassem: What Success Are We Talking About?!

Nisrine Merheb , 31/10 17:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

USA Naim Qassem war

As soon as Sheikh Naim Qassem took his position as the Secretary General of Hezbollah, he subconsciously sought to embody the persona of the “martyred” former chief, Hassan Nasrallah. Suddenly, Qassem became more eloquent, issuing threats against America and weaving colloquial Lebanese into his rhetoric, mirroring the distinctive style that ...

Naim Qassem to Uphold Hassan Nasrallah's Path

This is Beirut, 30/10 17:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Hassan Nasrallah Naim Qassem Iran

In his first address as Hezbollah’s new Secretary General, Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that he will follow in the footsteps of his slain predecessor Hassan Nasrallah by pursuing the same policy of supporting Gaza through the south Lebanon front. “My program (as new secretary general) will be a perpetuation of Nasrallah’s work in all ...

Naim Qassem in Nasrallah's Shoes

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 ...

Naim Qassem: Fugitive and Preacher of the Lebanese?

Roger Merheb, 21/10 17:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Tehran Naim Qassem Iran

On Sunday, October 20, several media outlets reported that Hezbollah's second-in-command, Naim Qassem, has been in Tehran since October 5. The Emirati media platform Erem News quoted an anonymous Iranian source holding reliable information, stating that Qassem left Beirut on an Iranian plane on Saturday, October 5, along with Iranian Foreign ...

'Out of Fear of Assassination,' Sheikh Naim Qassem Left Beirut for Iran

This is Beirut, 20/10 10:15 - Reading : less than a minute

Naim Qassem Iran Lebanon

A report in Israeli media claimed that Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem left Lebanon for Iran out of fear of being assassinated. These Israeli reports, quoted by Sky News Arabia and Lebanese media, added that Qassem departed Lebanon for Iran on October 5. However, as of now, there has been no official statement from ...

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