Beqaa Governorate

March 19, 2025 | David Daoud |

IDF operations in Lebanon and Hezbollah casualty announcements over the past week

Israel conducted a series of air strikes and military operations against Hezbollah inside Lebanon over the course of last week. Between March 13 and 17, Israeli aerial, artillery, and ground operations...

March 9, 2025 | David Daoud |

Lebanon’s new government, the absent “resistance” Clause, and Hezbollah’s fate

Lebanon officially has a new government. On January 13, 2025, Nawaf Salam was appointed prime minister-designate and tasked with cobbling together a cabinet. He accomplished this task by February...

December 7, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s post-ceasefire posture

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivered two speeches—one on November 29 and another on December 5— after the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect on November 27. Most...

September 25, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: September 25, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Numerous Projectiles Fired at Israel Wednesday, IDF Carries Out Airstrikes in Beqaa and Southern Lebanon | David’s Sling Intercepts Hezbollah Missile Fired Toward Tel Aviv | Northern...

July 28, 2024 | |

Funerals Held for Victims of Hezbollah Attack on Majdal Shams

Latest Developments Druze communities in the Golan Heights held funerals for the 12 children killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack on July 27. The funeral for one of the victims was held in Ein Qiniyye...

July 28, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel weighs response after Hezbollah rocket kills 12 young civilians

Israel’s security cabinet met on July 28 to weigh a response to a Hezbollah rocket that killed twelve children and teenagers on July 27 in the Golan town of Majdal Shams. The death toll is...

June 3, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Is Hezbollah beginning to anticipate IDF’s responses?

The Alma Research and Education Center: "Hezbollah attacks doubled in May."

January 30, 2024 | David Daoud |

The Israel Air Force bombed a Hezbollah’s airstrip in Lebanon. Here’s what’s known about it.

On January 24, the Israel Defense Forces announced that Israeli warplanes had struck – among other targets, as part of the clashes ongoing between Israel and Hezbollah since October 8 – “a...

March 16, 2017 | Tony Badran |

Morocco Arrests Hezbollah Financier

 Lebanese media reported Tuesday that the tycoon and terror financier Qassem Tajeddin has been apprehended in Morocco before boarding a flight to Beirut. The U.S. Treasury Department...

January 4, 2016 | David Weinberg |

Wrong Way: The Problem With Al Qaeda Prisoner Swaps

In early December, Qatar mediated the release of t...

February 28, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Iran’s Lebanon Arm

The recent death of Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) senior officer Hassan Shateri, alias Hessam Khoshnevis, has cast the spotlight on the direct role the IRGC plays in overseeing...

February 7, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Hollow Praise for the LAF

On Monday, the US ambassador to Lebanon, Maura Connelly, called the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Fo...

January 31, 2013 | Tony Badran |

Israel’s Free Hand

Yesterday, reports emerged of an Israeli airstrike against a truck convoy suspected of carrying “game cha...

October 31, 2006 | The Mideast Monitor |

Syrian-Saudi Media Wars

The recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah produced a dramatic resurgence of Saudi-Syrian tensions, which have been boiling beneath the surface since the assassination of former Lebanese Pr...