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30 Aug 2017, 10:34 am by Garrett Hinck
Lebanon cooperated with the Syrian Army and Hezbollah to arrange the ceasefire and reduce the Islamic State presence along its border with Syria. [read post]
30 Aug 2017, 5:30 am by Steven Heydemann
Thanking Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah, Assad said that Syria had “lost its best youth and its infrastructure,” but had “won a healthier and more homogenous society. [read post]
29 Aug 2017, 12:13 pm by Garrett Hinck
The Lebanese Army, Hezbollah, and the Islamic State declared a ceasefire on Sunday to facilitate the exchange. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 1:08 pm by Rebecca Heller
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently expressed concern about Iran’s growing presence in Syria and said last month that “our policy is clear: we vehemently oppose the military buildup by Iran and its proxies, primarily Hezbollah, in Syria and we will do whatever it takes to protect Israel’s security. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 8:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Once regime forces have made more gains against the Islamic State near Deir Ezzor, Assad reportedly wants to attack rebel strongholds in Idlib province—an area where U.S. officials have recently expressed concerns about extremist groups and rebels operating from Lebanon were recently relocated under a ceasefire agreement reached with Hezbollah and the Lebanese Armed Forces. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 9:41 am by Rachel Bercovitz
In July, Hezbollah launched an offensive to dislodge the Al Qaeda fighters from Jroud Arsal, a city along Lebanon’s northeast border that Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as the al-Nusra Front, had conquered in 2014. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 8:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
Hariri is an interesting messenger: He campaigned against Hezbollah for years after the assassination of his father, Prime Minister Rafic Hariri; he previously served as prime minister from 2009 to 2011, until Hezbollah took down his government. [read post]
30 Jul 2017, 7:00 am by Robert Litwak
Editor’s Note: Non-proliferation has been an imperfect but real policy success in the modern era. [read post]
25 Jul 2017, 1:23 pm by Alex Potcovaru
The plan aligns with the administration’s “ISIS-first” outlook on its goals in Syria, but critics say that it creates too wide of an opening for Iran, which could try to expand its influence and improve its capacity to arm the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 7:30 am by J. Dana Stuster
Foreign Policy reported last week that the agreement includes conditions that Iranian forces and proxies, including Hezbollah, not be allowed to operate in areas adjacent to the Golan Heights and Israeli border. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 9:45 pm by sophia
In one instance, a journalist from the United Arab Emirates was temporarily banned from the platform for posting a photograph of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a LGBTQ pride flag overlaid on it—a clear case of parody counter-speech that Facebook’s content moderators failed to grasp. [read post]
18 Jun 2017, 11:00 pm by Peter Margulies
The threat posed by the Iranian regime was one focus of a recent Academic Exchange (AE) retreat of International Relations specialists and international lawyers. [read post]
14 Jun 2017, 6:43 am by Robert Chesney, Steve Vladeck
 Your hosts also find time to talk about the recent arrest of two Hezbollah operatives inside the United States (with commentary on the role the material support statute plays in such cases), a recent airstrike in Somalia that DOD says took place under color of the recent policy decision to categorize Somalia as an area of active combat operations, a new bill from the House Armed Services Committee that would require DOD to give notice to HASC and SASC when conducting certain offensive… [read post]
10 Jun 2017, 5:58 am by Alex Potcovaru, Quinta Jurecic
Meanwhile, Chesney noted the recent arrest of two Hezbollah agents within the United States. [read post]
9 Jun 2017, 1:20 pm by Alex Potcovaru
Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced Thursday that two naturalized U.S. citizens have been charged with crimes relating to supporting Hezbollah. [read post]
9 Jun 2017, 11:11 am by Robert Chesney
 I recall as well that there was a prosecution for sending night-vision goggles to Hezbollah, and also a prosecution related to Hezbollah's cable channel. [read post]
8 Jun 2017, 2:03 pm by Sean Gallagher
That story falsely reported comments by Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at a military graduation ceremony, saying that President Trump might not last long in office, criticizing escalation of animosity toward Iran, and praising Hezbollah and Hamas as resistance organizations. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 3:29 pm by Shannon Togawa Mercer
On national security matters, Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, has been questioned about being weak on terrorism as reflected by past meetings with leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Sinn Fein. [read post]
28 May 2017, 7:00 am by Dina Esfandiary, Ariane Tabatabai
While overstated, Tehran supports and arms the Houthi rebels directly and through Hezbollah, but it has little actual control over actors in Sanaa. [read post]
2 May 2017, 9:50 am by Geoffrey S. Corn
Last week I was among a group of international law scholars and practitioners invited to Israel by the Israeli Defense Forces Military Advocate General for a three-day conference focused on contemporary LOAC issues. [read post]