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6 Nov 2017, 9:49 am by Garrett Hinck
In response, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iranian-linked Hezbollah said the Saudi government had imposed Hariri’s resignation, according to AFP. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 12:55 pm by Elliot Setzer
On Thursday night, U.S. forces carried out airstrikes against five weapons stores in southern Iraq belonging to the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kata’ib Hezbollah weapons stores, retaliating against the militia that is believed to have conducted a rocket attack on Wednesday that killed two Americans and one British soldier, reports the New York Times. [read post]
17 Nov 2022, 5:16 am by Solon Solomon
For example, in cases of small countries where by definition the distance of their center from bordering countries is not large as well as in cases where armed groups operate exactly from the border area and focus their military operations there, as has been the issue with Israel and the Hezbollah. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 9:06 am by Alex Vatanka, Michael Rubin
In reality, Tehran has overwhelmingly fought non-Islamic State opposition forces along the border with Lebanon, in effect consolidating a land bridge for Hezbollah, Tehran’s most cherished Arab proxy. [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]
3 Feb 2018, 5:10 am by William Ford
Daniel Byman expressed his skepticism about the expansive claims made in a Politico report alleging that the Obama administration adopted a soft stance toward Hezbollah during the Iran deal negotiations. [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 9:51 am by Garrett Hinck
Israel has remained mostly uninvolved civil war but has launched about 100 strikes against transports of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 6:00 am by Daniel Byman
Although most parties are unwilling to admit it, Iran, Hezbollah, and various Iraqi Shia groups all are on the same side as the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel when it came to fighting the Islamic State. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 8:38 am by Suzanne Maloney
To be sure, there are signs of retrenchment in its economic assistance to proxies like Hezbollah and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, but there is little evidence that the Islamic Republic is approaching either a collapse or a capitulation. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 7:00 am by J. Dana Stuster
” According to Elizabeth Tsurkov, writing in War on the Rocks, in addition to its occasional airstrikes targeting regime and Iranian weapon caches that could be transferred to Hezbollah, Israel has also increased its support to Syrian rebels in recent months to preserve Free Syrian Army groups as a counterweight to Iranian forces in southwestern Syria. [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]
15 Apr 2016, 12:46 pm by Bruce Riedel
The Saudis believed a Syrian deal was especially ripe in 2000 and would have weaned Damascus away from Iran, isolated Hezbollah, and paved the way for a Palestinian deal. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 9:11 am by Daniel Byman
We’re not talking about straightforward state sponsors of terrorism like Iran, which brazenly supports Hezbollah and others, or basket-case quasi-states like Somalia, whose government is too feeble to provide basic services, let alone defeat a rampaging terrorist group like al-Shabaab. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 1:03 pm by William Ford
Responding to a Politico report that the Obama administration took a soft posture towards Hezbollah during the Iran deal negotiations, Daniel Byman voiced his skepticism about the expansive claims made in the article and addressed some of the important questions it raised. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 6:30 am by Adel Abdel Ghafar
Externally, the Saudi campaign in Yemen rages on, the spat with Qatar continues, and now there are indications that Hezbollah is also in MBS’s crosshairs. [read post]
24 Mar 2018, 4:43 am by William Ford
Kahn announced the newest paper in Lawfare’s Research Paper Series: Matthew Levitt’s “In Search of Nuance in the Debate over Hezbollah’s Criminal Enterprise and the U.S. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 12:16 pm by Anna Salvatore, Tia Sewell
U.S. officials sanctioned Bassil under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, citing Bassil’s corruption and ties to Hezbollah. [read post]
2 Mar 2018, 3:40 pm by David B. Kopel
On his rifle and jacket he had written "Hezbollah," "PLO," "Libya," and "death to the Great Satin" [sic]. [read post]
10 Jun 2015, 9:10 pm by Yishai Schwartz, Jennifer R. Williams
” As reported by the Bahrain News Agency, “The minister’s call came after it has been proven that the terrorists of the so called ‘Al Ashtar Brigades’ have received training on the use of arms and explosives at the hands of ‘Hezbollah brigades’ in Iraq. [read post]
11 Oct 2017, 9:04 am by Garrett Hinck
The State Department will offer rewards for information about two senior Hezbollah leaders, the Long War Journal reported. [read post]