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14 Nov 2018, 11:52 am by Anushka Limaye
The Trump administration unveiled new sanctions against Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and designated a Hezbollah leader’s son, Jawad Nasrallah, a terrorist for allegedly working to “activate a suicide bombing and shooting cell based in the West Bank” in January 2016, says the Post. [read post]
1 Nov 2018, 10:11 am by Anushka Limaye
Iran-backed Hezbollah is paying former U.S. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 5:00 am by Daniel Byman, Tamara Cofman Wittes
In Syria, Israel faces urgent concerns about Iran seeking to establish a permanent military presence, transfer sophisticated missiles to Hezbollah, or building weapons-manufacturing capabilities on Syrian territory to benefit Hezbollah. [read post]
25 Oct 2018, 9:00 am by Harry Graver, Scott R. Anderson
Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran—a case referenced during floor debate on ATCA and in its associated House Report—a federal district court in the District of Columbia concluded that rocket attacks that Hezbollah launched against Israel pursued during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict constituted an “act occurring in the course of ... an armed conflict between military forces of any origin. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 12:20 pm by Ashley Rundell
Sessions identified five criminal groups as top threats: MS-13, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Sinaloa Cartel, Clan del Golfo, and Lesbanese Hezbollah. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 11:01 am by Anushka Limaye
Ali Kourani, a previous Hezbollah sleeper member, came forward to the FBI to become an informant in return for a promise of immunity from prosecution and help with a family matter. [read post]
8 Oct 2018, 12:50 pm by Akira Tomlinson
In 2016 the US Supreme Court ordered about $2 billion of the Iran state bank’s assets to be paid as compensation to relatives of victims of the attacks, which a US court determined were committed by an Iranian agent supported by the Hezbollah militant group. [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 6:46 am by Daniel Byman
Iran and Hezbollah, for now, appear to recognize that escalation is a losing game. [read post]
23 Sep 2018, 7:00 am by Gregory D. Johnsen
Saudi Arabia wants to avoid the rise of a Hezbollah-like group on its southern border, and Iran, for all its delight in Saudi missteps, is much less invested in Yemen than it is in Iraq or Syria. [read post]
18 Sep 2018, 8:47 am by J. Dana Stuster
Though Israel rarely acknowledges its operations in Syria, it has periodically attacked Iranian installations or weapons that could be transferred to Hezbollah. [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 6:04 am by J. Dana Stuster
” The continued U.S. presence might assure Israel, which has previously pressed the United States to remain in Syria to check Iran and prevent it from consolidating control of a land corridor to its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon. [read post]
7 Sep 2018, 11:40 am by Matthew Kahn
Daniel Byman assessed the factors that are maintaining the peace between Israel and Hezbollah—and how long that peace can last. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 7:03 am by Daniel Byman
Politically, Hezbollah is also secure. [read post]
17 Aug 2018, 5:00 am by Colin P. Clarke
Given Iran’s actions throughout the Middle East, including ongoing support for Houthi rebels in Yemen, sponsorship of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, and unflinching support for the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, there is no question that Iran is a significant menace to regional and indeed global stability. [read post]
24 Jul 2018, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Even without a consolidated land corridor across Syria, Iran has supplied Hezbollah with large stockpiles of new, more accurate weapons. [read post]
15 Jul 2018, 7:00 am by Carol R. Saivetz
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 by J. Dana Stuster
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 by J. Dana Stuster
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 by Daniel Byman
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]