A senior official from the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has made a landmark trip to the United Arab Emirates to facilitate the release of more than a dozen Lebanese nationals detained there, four sources close to Hezbollah told Reuters. The visit at the invitation of the UAE could signal a significant shift away from … Read more
Five commanders of Iranian-backed militias in Syria were killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, according to Saudi television station al-Hadath, cited by Israeli media that night. A further report claimed that one of those killed was a Hezbollah commander. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, had reported three explosions and the … Read more
Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus resulting in some “material damage,” Syria’s defense ministry said. Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli “missiles and shot down some of them,” the ministry added in a statement. Iran has been a major backer of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria’s … Read more
A Lebanese man who was caught sneaking over the US-Mexico border said he was a member of Hezbollah and was planning a terrorist attack, the New York Post reported on Sunday. The report cited what the New York Post claimed was a Border Patrol document that they had “exclusively obtained.” US Customs and Border … Read more
With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran’s Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an offensive that could severely hurt Tehran’s main regional partner, seven sources said. In Beirut, Quds chief Esmail Qaani met Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, … Read more
Iran has been using European ports to “legitimize” its arms exports to Hezbollah, according to a report by The Telegraph on Thursday. The report states that Hezbollah received arms, including missiles and bombs used on Israel, from ships that docked in Belgium, Spain, and Italy. Antwerp, Valencia, and Ravenna were named as the major European … Read more
The plight of kidnapped Israeli graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov is on the radar for students at Princeton University in New Jersey who are organizing to press for her release from Kataib Hezbollah’s captivity in Iraq. The student newspaper The Daily Princetonian on Friday reported last week that a graduate student circulated an email as … Read more
An anonymous Lebanese Treasury official told the Saudi-affiliated media source, Al-Arabia, on Sunday that Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Asia and the Middle East in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Jesse Baker, demanded Lebanese officials stop and prevent the funneling of financial aid from Iran to Hezbollah and Hamas, … Read more
Iranian opposition activists placed banners showing support for Israel on a pedestrian bridge at the entrance to Tehran. The message refers to Vahid Beheshti’s visit to Israel, an Iranian opposition activist who came to the Israeli Knesset in January as a guest of the Israel Middle East Forum. Vahid Beheshti said: “The message … Read more
Kollam: A man hailing from Kerala who died in an anti-tank missile attack on Israel’s northern border had gone there only two months ago to work in a poultry farm, his father said on Tuesday. While Nibin Maxwell, from Kollam in Kerala, was killed in the attack, two other Keralites — Bush Joseph George and … Read more
