The “Mariam” is a Lebanese ship intended to be a second flotilla. Unlike the first violent episode, this ship is to be filled with women and journalists. There is no word on whether the ship is intended to be violent, but it is intended to head to the Gaza Strip.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Terrorism
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State Department leaders have said that they are concerned that military aid to Lebanon is ending up in the hands of Hezbollah terrorists, and that is unacceptable.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Terrorism, United States of America
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Events on the northern border of Israel last week have demonstrated just how fragile the ceasefire with Lebanon really is. This, in turn, mirrors the fragility of the relationships that exist around the Middle East, not only between Israel and the Arab countries that surround her, but also between the Arab countries themselves. This fragility [...]
Around 10:30am on August 3rd, a group of IDF soldiers was clearing brush long the Israel-Lebanon border fence when a sniper began firing. The Israelis were reportedly in two groups, and the more senior officers from the group were the ones that took completely unprovoked fire.
Categories: Hezbollah, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Lebanon, Security, Terrorism
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I just visited Iran’s national TVnews website at the suggestion of Google News. The article there blew me away. It takes lying, embellishing, and omission of facts to a whole new level.
Categories: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Media, Terrorism
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Recent reports show that Hezbollah is preparing for war. Recent reports show that Hezbollah is doing border reconnaissance. It also seems that Hezbollah is in the process of training exercises, with the help of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Categories: Hezbollah, Islam, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Security, Terrorism
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that in a future war with Israel, Hezbollah would attack Ben Gurion airport if Israel strikes the main airport in Beirut.
The recent escalation in rhetoric on both sides of the Israeli-Syrian border has, once again, raised the profile of the relationship between the two countries. Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a gathering of senior IDF officers last week that, in the absence of a peace deal, Israel could find itself at war with Syria. Syrian [...]
Categories: Arab World, Golan Heights, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Peace Process, Syria, Turkey
The U.S. is concerned that the continued flow of arms to the Hezbollah militant organization could prompt a war between Israel and Lebanon
Categories: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinians, Terrorism
The past week has contained a number of announcements which are significant to politics in the Middle East. While these events were all reported in the international press, they seem to have been downplayed for reasons that are not easy to explain. Perhaps the Copenhagen summit was stealing all the main headlines, or maybe the [...]
Categories: Hamas, Hezbollah, Peace Process, Syria
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