Naim Qassem

Senior Hezbollah Official Wafiq Safa Steps Down as Qassem Reshapes Leadership

This is Beirut, 06/02 18:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Wafiq Safa, the head of Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit, resigned from his position on Friday as Secretary General Naim Qassem has pushed to reshape the organization’s leadership, sources close to Reuters confirmed. Safa has maintained a senior position within Hezbollah since 1987 and was appointed to his role as a powerful ...

Hezbollah’s Qassem Rejects State Authority, Frames Conflict as Existential Battle

This is Beirut, 03/02 15:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem on Tuesday adopted a defiant tone toward Lebanese officials and state institutions, rejecting any internal pressure on the group and reaffirming Hezbollah’s commitment to armed confrontation, while framing regional tensions as an existential battle against what he described as American and Israeli ...

Qassem Warns Hezbollah May Intervene If Iran Is Attacked

This is Beirut, 26/01 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, delivered a speech amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran on Monday, stating that any attack on Iran would also target his group, and warned that any new war on the Islamic Republic would ignite the region. On the question of Hezbollah’s engagement in a conflict scenario, Qassem left ...

Qassem: Hezbollah to Continue "Cooperation" With LAF to Expel "Occupation"

This is Beirut, 09/01 19:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday in Lebanon, where the two discussed cooperation with the Lebanese Armed Forces “to expel the occupation” and reconstruction efforts.  According to a statement by Hezbollah, Qassem talked about “the continuation of the ...

Qassem: “We Have the Right to Respond”, Adraee: Lebanese State Must Continue Disarming Hezbollah

This is Beirut, 2025-11-28 20:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said Friday evening in a televised address that Israel’s assassination of Haytham Ali Tabatabai was “a blatant attack and a heinous crime.” He added, “We have the right to respond, and we will decide the appropriate time to do so.” Marking one year since the signing of the cease-fire, Qassem ...

Sheikh Naim’s Clash with the Formal Economy

Johnny Kortbawi, 2025-10-24 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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One of Hezbollah’s most pressing challenges, beyond its ongoing military decline and Israel’s persistent targeting of its depots and stockpiles, is its financial crisis. The depletion of resources has left the group unable to engage with its population as it once did to sustain its alternative economy. A clear example is Sheikh Naim ...

The Deception of the Obstructionist Axis: Did You Say ‘Resistance’?

Michel Touma, 2025-09-22 08:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A textbook example of deceit and blatant bad faith — that’s how one could describe the speech delivered late last week by Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Sheikh Naim Qassem. With a straight face, he called on Saudi Arabia to “open a new page in its relations with the resistance,” and he added, almost innocently, that “the weapons of the ...

Complaint Against Naim Qassem Puts Lebanese Judiciary to the Test

Sana Richa Choucair, 2025-08-27 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The complaint, lodged Wednesday by lawmakers and members of the Sovereignist Front, comes after an August 19 meeting during which several parliamentarians and political figures announced their intention to take legal action against Qassem and refer the case to the Court of Cassation. They argue that Qassem’s August 15 statement warning that ...

Politicians File Complaint Against Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem

This is Beirut, 2025-08-27 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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A group of politicians and public figures filed a criminal complaint at the Palace of Justice on Wednesday against Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, for inciting civil war and sectarian tensions. Elie Mahfoud, the head of the Change Movement, emphasized, “This is not a mere incident report, but a direct complaint accompanied ...

Naim Qassem: Pro-Sovereignty Reformist

Johnny Kortbawi, 2025-08-26 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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At its core, the issue is that Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, has been seeking ways to convince his audience that handing over the group’s weapons to the state has become inevitable, particularly in the wake of the party’s military and political setbacks suffered over the past year. Qassem has repeatedly approached ...

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