Several Commanders Killed: The IDF announced that it had eliminated Mohammad Khadr al-Husseini, the commander of Hezbollah’s fire array in the Litani sector, in a targeted strike...
Hezbollah was supposed to be Tehran’s insurance policy if Israel contemplated attacking Iran — the group’s massive arsenal either deterring the Israelis or, failing that, acting as the Islamic Republic’s...
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the clerical regime in Tehran and its proxies have committed a range of attacks against Americans. This memorandum provides select documentation of these assaults. While...
After nearly five decades, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon’s (UNIFIL) mission may be ending. Israel supports the Trump administration’s decision not to extend the force’s mandate, according...
Key Points and Summary: Israel’s massive air assault on Iran on June 13th, part of “Operation Rising Lion,” was a dramatic decapitation strike targeting top military and scientific leaders....
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous activities throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between June 2 and June 8. The IDF’s operations last week included the broadest and most intense Israeli strikes in the Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut since the November 27, 2024 ceasefire, targeting alleged Hezbollah drone production and storage facilities.
When I was in elementary school in Baghdad, in the early 1980s, teachers took us to the streets to shout angry slogans against “Khomeini the Hypocrite” for refusing to end Iran’s war with Iraq. Little...
Hezbollah has rejected calls to disarm, and now, Lebanon is conceding its best — if not only — leverage. On June 3, Lebanese television station Al Jadeedrevealed that President Joseph Aoun appointed...
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) units claimed to have inspected a suspected Hezbollah military site in the Mrayjeh-Laylaki neighborhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs, also known...
On Thursday night, the Israeli military launched its most intensive airstrikes on Hezbollah’s stronghold in the southern Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut. Simultaneously, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched...
Latest Developments Israel Strikes Hezbollah Positions: The Israeli Air Force on June 5 struck multiple Hezbollah unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) production and storage facilities embedded in...
Lebanon’s political machine is moving again. In May, the Lebanese concluded country-wide municipal and mayoral elections—their first in nine years—on the heels of Joseph Aoun filling...
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, a Sunni, entered the stadium of Beirut’s Sports City to watch the classic football game between the two rival teams Nijmeh and Ansar. When the Shia supporters of...
Lebanon has announced a plan to disarm Palestinian refugee camps, a step in the right direction. But disarmament is not enough. Lebanon needs a hard divorce from the Palestinians and their cause and should...
How a tiny but extraordinarily wealthy emirate buys influence
A joke has it that Syria’s self-proclaimed president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, offered to build a Trump Tower in Damascus to make up for the two New York towers that Al-Qaeda, al-Sharaa former organization,...
Latest Developments Targets Transferred Funds From Iran to Hezbollah: The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned four individuals in Lebanon and Iran who transferred funds to Iran’s proxy Hezbollah...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between April 28 and May 11, 2025. The week of April 28 to May 4 witnessed one of the lowest rates of...
A glimmer of hope can finally be seen in the Middle East and is emanating, surprisingly, from Lebanon, where the state is restoring its sovereignty and shrinking the Hezbollah tumor. More needs to be done....
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave a speech on Wednesday, April 28, addressing Lebanon’s upcoming municipal elections. The fate of Hezbollah’s arms is now the top question...