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Hezbollah calls on Syrian refugees from Qusayr to return
BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s chief called Friday on refugees from Qusayr in Syria to return home to this area, where the Lebanese Shiite movement first stepped in to support Damascus against rebels six years ago. Syria‘s…
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah says downs Israeli drone
BEIRUT: The Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said Monday it had downed and seized an Israeli drone as it flew across the Lebanese border, a week after a flash confrontation between the arch-foes. Israel’s…
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Lebanon Shiites mark Ashura in show of anti-Israel defiance
Beirut: Anti-Israeli chants rang through the streets of a Hezbollah bastion in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday as thousands of black-clad Shiites commemorated the seventh-century killing of Prophet Mohammed’s grandson. “We have…
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Hezbollah says shot down ‘Israeli drone’ at Lebanese border
BEIRUT: Hezbollah said Monday it had shot down an “Israeli drone” as it crossed the border with Lebanon, a week after a confrontation between the arch-foes. Fighters from the Lebanese Shiite movement…
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Damascus hails Hezbollah anti-Israel attack
DAMASCUS: The Syrian government on Monday hailed Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah’s strike the previous day on an Israeli military vehicle. Hezbollah, referred to by its supporters as “the resistance”, said it had…
- Middle East
Netanyahu warns Hezbollah, Lebanon to ‘be careful’
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned Lebanon, Hezbollah’s chief and the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force to “be careful” with their words and actions. Addressing Hezbollah leader Hassan…
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Netanyahu warns Hezbollah, Lebanon to ‘be careful’
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday warned Lebanon, Hezbollah’s chief and the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force to “be careful” with their words and actions. Addressing Hezbollah leader Hassan…
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Hezbollah chief threatens Israel after Beirut ‘drone attack’
Beirut: The head of Hezbollah on Sunday threatened Israel after a “drone attack” on the Lebanese Shiite movement’s Beirut stronghold, vowing to “do everything” to thwart future attacks. Hezbollah, considered a terrorist…
- Syria
Explosive-laden drone damaged media centre: Hezbollah
BEIRUT: Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah on Sunday said one of two drones that came down over its Beirut stronghold was rigged with explosives and caused damage to its media centre. “The first…
- Syria
Two Israeli drone crashed over Hezbollah in Beirut
BEIRUT: One drone came down and another exploded early Sunday in a Hezbollah stronghold in the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, an official from the Shiite group told AFP. The incident…
- Middle East
Netanyahu dismisses Hezbollah warning
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday he was “unimpressed” by a speech from Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in which the Lebanese Shiite leader warned of his movement’s military strength. Nasrallah…
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Hezbollah financier to face 5-year jail, $50 mn fine
Washington: A Lebanese businessman designated by US authorities as an important financial supporter of Hezbollah was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to forfeit $50 million, the Justice Department said…
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US puts Hezbollah lawmakers on sanctions blacklist for first time
Washington: The US Treasury placed two Hezbollah members of Lebanon’s parliament on its sanctions blacklist on Tuesday — the first time Washington has taken aim at the Iran-allied group’s elected politicians. The…
- Middle East
Israel says uncovers Hezbollah unit led by notorious commander
Jerusalem: Israel’s army said Wednesday it has uncovered a unit created by Hezbollah across the ceasefire line in the Syrian Golan Heights and led by a commander previously jailed over an attack…
- Middle East
Iran’s revolution: Political quake still shaking Middle East
Tehran: The victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran was an earthquake that upended the political order in the Middle East, and the aftershocks are still being felt 40 years later. When…
