Keywords: Hezbollah


Unexploded ordnance threat: UN peacekeepers find 73 devices in southern Lebanon

In the last six months, the Western Sector Command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported the discovery of 73 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in southern Lebanon. These findings were promptly communicated to the Lebanese Army, which has since deployed specialized units to neutralize......

Hezbollah honors slain commander Fouad Chokor with commemorative monument

On the first anniversary of his death, a commemorative monument honoring Fouad Chokor, a former senior military commander of Hezbollah, was unveiled in Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of Beirut. The ceremony was organized by the local municipality at the exact location where Chokor was killed in an Israeli......

France investigates alleged assassination plot targeting Netanyahu’s lawyer

French judicial authorities have opened an official investigation following a complaint by Olivier Pardo, a French lawyer who alleges that he was the target of a contract killing due to his legal defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Paris prosecutor confirmed on Monday that a judicial......

Jamaa Islamiya denies operating a training camp in Aley

The Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese Sunni political group affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood and aligned with Hamas, has firmly denied recent media allegations claiming it operates a military training camp in Aley, a mountainous region south of Beirut. The denial follows a report by the Saudi-linked......

Constructive meeting between Joumblatt and Geagea amid regional tensions

In a rare political appearance outside his residence, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea met on Wednesday with prominent Druze leader Walid Joumblatt at the latter’s home in Clemenceau, Beirut. Also attending the meeting were LF MP Melhem Riachi and Democratic Gathering MP Wael Abou Faour.......

Israeli military strikes hezbollah targets in eastern Lebanon despite ceasefire

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it carried out airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, signaling a significant escalation despite a ceasefire agreement that has been in place since November. According to a statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),......

US Congress unveils bill to classify Polisario as a terrorist group

The US Congress has officially published the text of a bipartisan bill introduced in June by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson. The proposed legislation builds a case for designating the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization, citing its links to Hezbollah and Iran, as well as its destabilizing......

Hezbollah vows defiance amid Israeli disarmament demands

Hezbollah's leader, Naim Qassem, declared on Sunday that the group will not surrender or disarm despite mounting pressure from Israel and international demands. Speaking to a crowd of thousands during the Shia Muslim Ashura commemoration in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold,......

Calls grow to classify Polisario as a terrorist group amid renewed scrutiny of violent history

Efforts to label the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization are gaining international momentum. Politicians, researchers, and human rights advocates are urging Western governments to confront the separatist group’s violent legacy and its ongoing threat to regional stability in North Africa. The......