Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was the culmination of extensive spy infiltration and intelligence gathering from the terror group that spanned decades, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The NYT investigation, based on interviews with more than two dozen current and former Israeli, American, and European officials who spoke on the … Read more
Israel’s air force struck infrastructure in the Bekaa Valley area of Lebanon on Friday that was being used to smuggle weapons from Syria to Hezbollah, the IDF announced. The strikes took place near the Yanta Crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border. The IDF noted the strikes were part of its attempts to “prevent Hezbollah from … Read more
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) called on Thursday for a timely Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon, citing what it called Israeli violations of a Nov. 27 ceasefire agreement with Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a US-brokered 60-day ceasefire that calls for a phased Israeli military pullout … Read more
Hezbollah has reportedly selected a burial site for its late Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on September 27, London-based Saudi news outlet Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. The terror group plans to bury Nasrallah in a plot of land along the old road leading to … Read more
With Hezbollah tremendously degraded, Hamas largely defanged, and Syria decapitated, Israeli leaders are now grappling with Houthis, who continue to fire ballistic missiles and drones at Israel. How to deter them? One way might be by intensifying the attacks on their assets, as Israel has already done on several occasions. Another would be to … Read more
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati visited southern Lebanon this week, reflecting an attempt by the state of Lebanon to show that it will adhere to the conditions of the ceasefire signed last month, which put a stop to Israel-Hezbollah fighting. Mikati visited several areas in southern Lebanon, including Marjayoun. “We look forward to … Read more
Iranian-backed militias in Iraq have been attacking Israel for a year, in the wake of the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. They began their attacks almost immediately after the Hamas attack, first targeting US forces in Syria and Iraq and then expanding the attacks to strike at Israel. These groups call themselves the … Read more
Iran is considering smuggling weapons to Hezbollah via air to Lebanon since the overland routes it previously used in Syria are no longer practicable, according to a Times report on Monday, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. With flights between Tehran and Beirut resuming, the Islamic Republic may look to turn the … Read more
In the early hours of Sunday, December 8, President Bashar al-Assad flew out of Syria to Moscow, ending a 54-year dynasty during which the Assad family had ruled the country with an iron fist. Hours earlier, rebel forces had entered the capital, Damascus, simultaneously seizing control of the strategic city of Homs to the … Read more
Beirut: Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has confirmed that the Lebanese armed group has temporarily lost its weapons supply route through Syria following the recent fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government. In his first televised address on Saturday since the collapse of Assad’s government, Qassem acknowledged the disruption, describing it as a “detail” in the broader scope … Read more
