par This Is Beirut, 15/07 15:26 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Saydet el-Jabal Gathering noted that Hezbollah started feeling fatigued, as evidenced by the increasing frequency of its attacks on citizens who criticize it, as seen in Tyre and other places. “Despite promoting its commitment to internal peace since its inception, Hezbollah's actions betray this claim, as evidenced by recent incidents in ...
14/07 14:13 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Amal Movement and Hezbollah claim that it is important to ensure security in Beirut's southern suburb through “official security forces and apparatuses,” following the fatal shooting of Hezbollah member Samir Kabbani. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, both parties extended condolences to the family of Samir Kabbani, head of the Madi ...
par This Is Beirut, 13/07 07:38 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In an anticipatory move for the post-truce phase in Gaza, and the “Day After” plan for southern Lebanon, Britain tried to market an offer to Hezbollah and Israel under which it would erect advanced watchtowers along the Lebanese-Israeli border. The observation towers, which would be more sophisticated than those installed on the border with ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 20:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli bombardments expanded on Thursday afternoon to several villages in the western sector, particularly the Naqoura area, Hamoul, Tayr Harfa, Alma al-Shaab, Hula, Wadi Saluki, Aitaroun and Wadi al-Zarqa in the Tyre district. The shelling led to fires in the wooded areas and olive groves near homes in Alma al-Shaab, which were extinguished by ...
par This Is Beirut, 11/07 18:33 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
MP Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the “Strong Republic” parliamentary bloc (Lebanese Forces), considered that “Hezbollah is not a resistance but rather a scheme to seize power.” He pointed out that Naim Kassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, expressed this clearly by saying that “even if Jerusalem falls, we will not surrender our ...
par Salam Zaatari, 11/07 10:27 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Hezbollah has become a major non-state actor in the Middle East since Israel’s 2006 invasion. Supported by Iran, it has received large shipments of rockets and drones and now produces its own weapons, including air defense capabilities. Its arsenal includes guided and unguided rockets, antitank artillery, ballistic and anti-ship ...
10/07 10:17 - Reading : less than a minute
par This Is Beirut, 10/07 09:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Free Patriotic Movement Palestine Gebran Bassil Hezbollah
Opposition within the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) against party leader MP Gebran Bassil is increasingly taking shape, with many members reportedly boycotting party meetings. The dissidents have many remarks regarding Bassil’s political positions, especially a recent stance which suggests that he is “longing” to return to Hezbollah’s ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/07 23:06 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah Israel
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 09/07 16:49 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Damascus Hassan Nasrallah Hezbollah
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 ...
par This Is Beirut, 06/07 16:33 - Reading : less than a minute
A relative calm reigned on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday. In the Bekaa, at the junction of Chaat in Baalbeck, an Israeli drone targeted a car causing the death of the Hezbollah fighter Maytham Mustafa el-Attar. In southern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes carried out raids against the town of Houla and the outskirts of Odaisseh. Hezbollah ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/07 18:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Palestine Hamas Hezbollah Israel
The Israeli prime minister's spokesman said Friday that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but Israel will send a delegation for more talks with Qatari mediators next week. The head of the Mossad spy service held a first round of talks in Doha on Friday and returned to Jerusalem. "It was agreed that ...