The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah believes a US war on Iran is unlikely for reasons including Iran’s strong defensive capabilities, Hezbollah’s deputy leader said in an interview published on Thursday. Sheikh Naim Qassem told Lebanon’s al-Joumhouria newspaper US President Donald Trump “does not need war”. “He does not benefit from a war that he […]
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US puts up $10m reward for Hezbollah information
The US on Monday offered a $10 million reward for information that would disrupt the finances of Lebanon’s Shiite militant movement Hezbollah. The State Department said it would give the money to anyone who provides intelligence that allows the US to disrupt Hezbollah in key ways. The areas include information on Hezbollah’s donors, on financial […]
Israel Air Strike in Central Syria Injures 3 soldiers
An Israeli air strike in central Syria injured three soldiers early Saturday, the official SANA news reported. “Around 2:30 am (2330 GMT Friday)… the Israeli air force completed a strike focusing on one of our military positions in the town of Misyaf,” in Hama area north of Damascus, SANA cited a military source as saying. […]
Putin’s growing problems in Syria
Russia intervened in the Syrian civil war in 2015 at the behest of President Bashar Al Assad whose government seemed to be on the verge of collapse. Russian air power coupled with the firepower of the foreign militias assembled by the Iranian revolutionary guards and spearheaded by the Lebanese Hezbollah helped turn the tide […]
Lebanon’s Hezbollah accuses Saudi of detaining Hariri
Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday accused Saudi Arabia of detaining Prime Minister Saad Hariri and of asking the Shiite movement’s arch-foe Israel to launch strikes. Hariri’s sudden resignation on November 4 in a statement made from Riyadh took the Lebanese political class by surprise and has sparked international concern. The United States […]