Archives: Hizbullah

Israeli Pol threatens Crimes against Humanity in Lebanon

TeleSur | - - A far-right Israeli minister said Lebanese civilians must be direct targets in a future war over Hezbollah’s rising political sway in Lebanon. The next war Israel will launch…

With Fall of Aleppo, will a Russo-Iranian Middle East challenge Trump?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, the Syrian government announced that the last of those who wanted to be evacuated from the East Aleppo pocket had been…

Hizbullah’s Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Lebanon finally has a president, Michel Aoun. In accordance with the country's national pact, he is a Maronite Christian (a Catholic uniate church),…

Iran and Hizbullah Welcome Kerry-Lavrov Syria Ceasefire

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hizbullah, the national guard for South Lebanon, announced Saturday that it supports the agreement on a truce in Syria, where its fighters have been…

Syrian War Overflows: Radical Salafis attack Christian Village in Lebanon

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A wave of suicide bombings was launched by four radical attackers struck al-Qaa, a largely Christian Lebanese village on the border with Syria on…

Beirut: ISIL claims twin Suicide Bombs in Shiite Area that kill over 41, injure 200

Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- At least 41 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in two suicide bombs targeting a Hezbollah stronghold in the south of the…

Are the Houthis in Yemen really Iranian “Proxies”? What does that even Mean?

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) -- A 2014 al-Monitor headline declared “Yemen’s Houthis Proxy, not Ally for Iran” but then neglected to explain the difference. It is certainly unlikely that the…

Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime coalition of Hizbullah and the Syrian Arab Army is looking for some victories against the al-Qaeda-linked…

Israel and Lebanon: Is a 3rd War in the Offing?

By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) - On January 18, 2015 an Israeli military operation lead to the death of Jihad Mughniyah in Quneitra, in the Syrian part of the…

Ironies of Empire: US now Allied with Shiites Trained by Assassinated HIzbullah Leader

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The revelation by the Washington Post's Adam Goldman and Ellen Nakashima that the car-bomb assassination of Hizbullah commando Imad Mughniyah in Damascus in 2008 was…

Israel’s Syria Strike: Is it trying to Help al-Qaeda vs. Hizbullah & Iran?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- There are several questions around the Israeli helicopter gunship strike on Mazari` al-Amal in Syria's Quneitra Province, which killed Hizbullah personnel and an Iranian general.…

Hezbollah’s Surprising Denunciation of Paris Attacks: is it Courting the West?

By Rola El-Husseini | (Special to Informed Comment) In a speech in Beirut on January 9, 2014, on the occasion of the birth of the Prophet Mohammed, Hezbollah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah…

Can Hizbullah save Lebanon from ISIL?

VICE: "As the Islamic State massacred its way throughout Iraq and Syria this summer, a separate battle took place in neighboring Lebanon. This summer, the Islamic State invaded the Lebanese border town…

Pan-Mideast War: ISIL and al-Qaeda attack Hizbullah outposts Near Lebanese Border

By Juan Cole ISIL and al-Qaeda have, according to Hizbullah, launched attacks in Syria's Qalamoun district (abutting the Lebanese border near Baalbek) on Hizbullah military outposts on the Syrian side. Hizbullah is…

Sunni Radicals of ISIS seek showdown with Lebanon’s Hizbullah

By Radwan Mortada The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has decided to instigate a full-scale conflagration in Lebanon. All indications show that the al-Qaeda offshoot is resolved to bring back…