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15 Jul 2018, 7:00 am
Although Putin seems sympathetic to Israeli concerns about Iranian and Hezbollah troops deployed close to the Israeli border—Netanyahu traveled to Russia just this last week—most people doubt that Russia has the leverage to force Iran out of Syria. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 7:00 am
Israeli officials are concerned that the offensive will press into the demilitarized buffer zone established in 1974, especially given the presence of Hezbollah troops operating in the area with the Assad regime. [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 7:00 am
As International Crisis Group’s Sam Heller notes, by redeploying these Syrian troops to the south, the regime is avoiding sending in Iranian or Hezbollah forces that could risk an Israeli response. [read post]
22 Jun 2018, 6:00 am
The sectarian fervor their contest foments is one of the Islamic State’s best selling points: It claims that its forces are the tip of the spear in the fight against the Baghdad-Tehran-Damascus (and Lebanese Hezbollah) Shiite axis that oppresses Sunnis. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 11:00 am
PDF Version Review of Lawrence Freedman’s “The Future of War: A History” (Public Affairs, 2017). *** “Set your course by the stars,” Omar Bradley was fond of telling his subordinates, “and not by the lights of every passing ship. [read post]
26 May 2018, 7:19 am
Cofman Wittes contended that while analysts have highlighted the electoral gains of the Hezbollah-Amal list and the losses of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s Future Movement, recent changes to Lebanon’s electoral laws make it unlikely that power will shift from its preelection arrangement. [read post]
24 May 2018, 5:00 am
Yes, Hezbollah and its ally Amal increased their seat total by two. [read post]
22 May 2018, 8:50 am
The new demands are a significant expansion of the ultimatum the Trump administration laid out just this past January for what a revised JCPOA should include: They range from issues already covered by the JCPOA (preventing Iran from enriching plutonium, allowing inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites) to fundamental tenets of Iran’s foreign policy that the regime will never accept (discontinuing funding to Hezbollah and withdrawing proxies from Syria). [read post]
22 May 2018, 6:21 am
Pompeo set out twelve demands for inclusion in a new nuclear treaty with Iran, including releasing all U.S. hostages, ending its proliferation of ballistic missiles, withdrawing all forces from Syria, ending its support for the Houthis in Yemen, ending its support for Middle East terrorist groups including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, ending its support for terrorists in Afghanistan, and ending its “threatening behavior” in the region. [read post]
22 May 2018, 5:25 am
Iran, for example, has not transferred chemical weapons to Hezbollah despite their exceptionally close relationship. [read post]
21 May 2018, 4:00 am
But if Iran, rather than Hezbollah, attacked Israel with a missile, then Israel would feel compelled to strike Iran itself. [read post]
18 May 2018, 9:55 am
Bazzi has been identified as a financier for Hezbollah, and Safi-Al-Din has been identified as Hezbollah's representative to Iran. [read post]
17 May 2018, 1:26 pm
The Iranians have also supplied Hezbollah with missiles and other weapons in the past. [read post]
17 May 2018, 1:26 pm
The Iranians have also supplied Hezbollah with missiles and other weapons in the past. [read post]
15 May 2018, 11:09 am
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control named the central bank governor, Valiollah Seif, and the central bank’s assistant director of the international department, Ali Tarzali, “specially designated global terrorists” for allegedly assisting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force to support Lebanese Hezbollah’s militia. [read post]
15 May 2018, 8:56 am
Hezbollah picked up significant gains, as did the Free Patriotic Movement, a Hezbollah ally and the party of Lebanon’s Christian president, Michel Aoun. [read post]
8 May 2018, 7:53 pm
It exports dangerous missiles, fuels conflicts across the Middle East, and supports terrorist proxies and militias such as Hezbollah, Hamas, the Taliban, and al Qaeda.Over the years, Iran and its proxies have bombed American embassies and military installations, murdered hundreds of American servicemembers, and kidnapped, imprisoned, and tortured American citizens. [read post]
8 May 2018, 12:13 pm
Although Hezbollah’s own number of seats remained largely unchanged, at 13, wins by its political allies increased the chances Hezbollah will play a key role in the coalition government. [read post]
5 May 2018, 10:00 am
This trend threatens to continue: MBS’s machinations came alongside renewed talk of an Israeli war on Hezbollah in South Lebanon. [read post]
4 May 2018, 6:11 am
During the last parliamentary elections—in 2009—when the votes were counted and coalitions were built, 71 of the 128 seats went to a pro-Western alliance, and 57 went to the alliance supported by Hezbollah. [read post]
