Hezbollah Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Fomenting Lebanese PM’s Resignation

Saad Hariri rendered his resignation from Saudi Arabia, the announcement was first made and circulated on Saudi state television.

Juan Cole
By Juan Cole
In this photo released on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, showing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hariri resigned from his post Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 during a trip to Saudi Arabia in a surprise move that plunged the country into uncertainty amid heightened regional tensions. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, the Lebanese party-militia, Hassan Nasrullah, gave a major speech Sunday in the wake of the resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri. Nasrullah characterized this step as a Saudi move dictated to Hariri by Riyadh. Lebanon’s three big religio-ethnic groups are Sunnis, Shias and Christians. By gentleman’s

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With Syria Lost And Iran Deal On Block, Trump Turns Hard On Hezbollah

It seems that the recent campaign of the Trump administration to “crack down” on Hezbollah is aimed at targeting Iran — and organizations that are perceived as its proxies — and deeply linked to U.S. loss of Syrian proxy war and Trump’s looming decision to scuttle the Iran nuclear accord.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
A Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP/Bassem Mroue)

Earlier this month, the leader of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, accused the Israeli government of intentionally pushing the Middle East towards war. He further argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was working in tandem with his counterpart in the United States, Donald Trump, to start a regional

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US Denies Involvement In Drone Strike That Killed Anti-ISIS Fighters

Eight fighters from Hezbollah, who were engaged in battles to drive ISIS from Deir ez-Zor, were killed by a drone strike in the eastern Syrian province.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A Hezbollah fighter stands on a hill next to the group's yellow flag in the fields of the Syrian town of Assal al-Ward in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. (AP/Bassem Mroue)

At least eight Hezbollah fighters were killed in a drone strike in the eastern Syrian desert, where pro-government forces are engaged in a grinding battle against Daesh (ISIS), a monitoring group said Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a drone struck a position of the Lebanese militant group, which is fighting

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Mid East’s Only Christian President Backs Hezbollah, Denounces Israel

“Israel would have the right to wage war whenever it wants at the same time that others would be deprived of their right to weapons to defend themselves? No, it’s not possible.”

Darius Shahtahmasebi
By Darius Shahtahmasebi
Supporters of Christian leader Michel Aoun hold his picture and Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanese flags and Hezbollah flag as they celebrate the election of President Michel Aoun, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has dismissed claims that the Shia militia known as Hezbollah should be disarmed as long as Israel “fails to respect” U.N. resolutions and international law, the Jerusalem Post reports. Aoun – a Christian – said the Lebanese-based Iranian-proxy army ensures Lebanon’s “resistance against the State of Israel,” in an

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Israel Threatens To Bomb Assad’s Presidential Palace

While Israel has for years played more of a quiet ‘long game’ in Syria outside the media spotlight: providing tacit support to al-Qaeda terrorists in Syria along its Golan border (in Netanyahu’s words to Putin: Israel prefers the “Sunni sphere” over “bringing in Shi’ites” which reflects a disturbing widely held view among Israeli officials that ISIS is the ‘lesser evil’) as well semi-regularly bombing select targets, its increased willingness to loudly and unreservedly voice its intentions to the world is the result new realities it appears unprepared to accept.

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By ZeroHedge.com
Benjamin Netanyahu (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

More information has emerged from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with President Putin last week. The two met in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on August 23rd to discuss recent developments in Syria. According to new shocking reports in both Arab and Israeli media, a senior Israeli official accompanying Netanyahu on the

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Hezbollah and Syrian Army Liberate Large Islamic State Group Enclave: Nasrallah

Hezbollah has been one of the most effective forces fighting Islamic State forces along the Syrian border, in collaboration with the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this month, a Hezbollah offensive drove out numerous al-Nusra Front militants from a border region of Lebanon.

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Hezbollah

A joint offensive between Shia resistance movement Hezbollah and the Syrian army has liberated the majority of a significant enclave controlled by the so-called Islamic State group, the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced in a televised speech on Thursday. According to Nasrallah, since the offensive began last week to clear out

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