Al-Manar

July 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah drone attack injures 18 IDF soldiers

Hezbollah carried out a kamikaze drone attack on June 30 targeting Israeli forces in the northern Golan Heights, severely injuring one IDF soldier and lightly injuring 17 other soldiers. It is the latest...

May 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah seeks to use Syrian refugees to create crisis with Europe

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on May 13 that Lebanon should open its maritime borders so that Syrians who live in Lebanon can board boats heading to Europe.

April 26, 2024 | Natalie Ecanow |

Washington Should Clip Qatar’s Media Wing

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre recently criticized a new Israeli law that allows the government to temporarily shutter Al Jazeera’s Israel operations. “If it’s true, a move like...

March 4, 2024 | |

Hezbollah Attack on Northern Israel Kills One, Injures Nine

A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel on March 4 killed one person and injured at least nine others. The attack targeted Moshav Margaliot, a community near the Israel-Lebanon border....

February 14, 2024 | David Daoud |

Does Hezbollah’s Silence Link the Attack on Safed to Israel’s Strike on Nabatiyeh?

Last Thursday, Israel reportedly attempted to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah members: Ali Karaki, identified by media outlets as a “Hezbollah military commander” but, more significantly, “the...

February 8, 2024 | David Daoud |

Israel attempts to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon

On Thursday evening, at approximately 4:30 PM local time, media outlets began reporting on a possible Israeli drone strike in south Lebanon. The details of the strike were slightly unusual. The strike...

January 31, 2024 | |

Israel Warns of Hezbollah Threats to Haifa, Northern Israel

Israel on January 30 warned of major threats to Haifa and northern Israel in the event of full-scale war with Hezbollah. “The stage will come when our patience will run out, and...

January 19, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

US Should Sanction Lebanon’s pro-Iran ‘Resistance TV’

On December 27, an Israeli missile hit a home in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, killing brothers Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi and Ibrahim’s wife. Within hours, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s official media...

November 13, 2023 | |

Israel Moves Against Pro-Hezbollah TV Station’s Local Operations 

Latest Developments  Israel on November 13 approved a crackdown on the local operations of a pro-Hezbollah TV station that has been inciting against it during the Gaza war. The decision against...

August 8, 2023 | Joe Truzman |

Hezbollah’s Multi-Faceted Approach to Destabilizing Israel’s Northern Border

The dynamic nature of Israel’s northern border is being heavily influenced by the aggressive actions of Lebanese Hezbollah. Over the past thirteen months, a series of provocative acts and attacks have...

August 12, 2022 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Ivana Stradner

Time to Sanction the Kremlin’s Ministry of Truth

When media platforms obey their paymasters’ orders to become complicit in their crimes, they are no longer media.

May 11, 2021 | Tony Badran, Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector

January 8, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Hezbollah: Narco-Terror and Crime in Latin America

Will the Biden administration go after Hezbollah’s drug trafficking and money laundering networks? Hezbollah’s direct involvement in the drug trade is well documented, ongoing, and a threat to U.S national...

September 23, 2020 | Tony Badran, Emanuele Ottolenghi

Hezbollah Finance in Lebanon

A Primary-Source Review

January 2, 2020 | Bill Roggio, Caleb Weiss

U.S. kills Iran’s Qods Force commander and Iraq’s deputy PMF leader in strike in Baghdad

A U.S. drone strike near the Baghdad International Airport has reportedly killed Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) – Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, the...

May 31, 2019 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah Isn’t Broke. So Why Is Everyone Claiming Otherwise?

U.S. officials claiming that sanctions against Iran have put the Lebanese terrorist organization in dire financial straits are cherry-picking evidence to paint a misleading picture

March 24, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German neo-Nazi politician meets Hezbollah, supports terror against Israel

"The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah must receive support."

May 13, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Hezbollah Military Commander Killed in Syria

Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah’s military commander, was killed in Syria on Thursday night according to Lebanese television channels close to Hezbollah. Al-Mayadeen TV claimed Badreddine was...

March 2, 2016 | David Daoud |

Joining Hezbollah: An Insider’s Account

In late December 2015, Lebanese journalist Carol Malouf held an in-depth interview with two Hezbollah captives of Jabhat al-Nusra. The intervi...

November 23, 2015 | Tyler Stapleton |

Congress Moves to Target Hezbollah with New Sanctions

Congress took action this week to target Hezbollah and its global network of illicit finance. The Senate passed H.R. 2297, the “...