par This Is Beirut, 19/01 23:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hezbollah would deliver a "real slap" to Israel if it extended its "aggression" at its northern border, threatened the deputy secretary-general of the pro-Iranian militia, Naim Kassem, on Friday. Restoring stability to the southern Lebanese border and "the region" relied on ending aggression in Gaza, insisted Kassem, in response to the threats ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/01 16:21 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Since the Gaza war broke out more than three months ago, residents of southern Lebanon have been receiving "strange phone calls" from Lebanese numbers and from people speaking in Lebanese accents, according to Agence France Press (AFP). A security source told the agency that army intelligence and the police were investigating the calls, which ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 23:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Lebanon of a potential deterioration of the situation at the southern border, stating on Thursday, "We don't want war, but we must prepare for a deteriorating situation with Lebanon." In a statement, he cautioned that "Hezbollah and Lebanon will pay a heavy price if the situation deteriorates," ...
par Samar Kadi, 18/01 21:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The issue of the deadlocked presidential election, which has been placed on the back burner for a while, will be thrust back to the forefront in the coming weeks in light of fast-developing regional events impacting Lebanon, which has been plagued by multiple economic and political crises. According to a Western diplomatic source, the “changes ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/01 21:29 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati responded on Thursday to the opposition's strong criticism of his tribute to "Hezbollah's patriotism and restraint." The opposition blamed him for praising Hezbollah, who led Lebanon into a war that is not its own. Mikati also called for Israel to stop its provocations in the South, without acknowledging ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/01 21:36 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The southern front flared up early Wednesday evening, following a day marked by intermittent exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah. Late in the day, the Israeli army launched two drone strikes on the Koleileh plain south of Tyre, killing one person and wounding two others. The strikes came in response to a claim by the Al-Qassam ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/01 19:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea said on Wednesday that he could not understand how the Lebanese government could "delegate strategic military and security decisions to Hezbollah," thereby putting "the Lebanese people, the highest authorities and the country's interests at risk in the face of regional threats and open conflict between all ...
par Michel Touma, 17/01 19:08 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An escalation that is steadily gaining momentum, yet, at least for the time being, is still under control ... This impression stems from the ballistic missile attack launched on Monday by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) against Erbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. The aggression, the first of its kind since the ...
par Philippe Abi-Akl, 17/01 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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A plethora of solutions were proposed following the outbreak of the war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’ “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation. The aim is to halt the killing machine annihilating the lives of civilians, over 23,000 of them so far. The latest suggestion came from Qatar. It provides for the exchange of hostages and detainees between Israel and ...
par Samar Kadi, 16/01 19:59 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Amid relentless and heightening cross-border confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli Army over more than three months, Israel announced on Tuesday, January 16, that its special forces infiltrated southern Lebanon and removed mines in the village of Aita al-Shaab. The move was coupled with threats that came in the form of leaflets dropped ...
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 16/01 15:34 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Lebanese security forces have not yet determined the identity of the Al-Ezz Brigades, a group that took responsibility for two attacks against the Israeli army which resulted in the death of six of its members. According to available information, the bodies of some of the victims remained in the territories controlled by the Israeli forces ...
par Johnny Kortbawi, 16/01 14:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The Iranian poise and restraint prevailing on the Lebanese front may raise questions, especially given the recent escalation in the region following the Kerman attack. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard accused the groups behind the attack of having Israeli ties and undergoing training in northern Iraq, justifying the assault on Erbil. However, ...