The Pentagon may have missed a significant deadline on Lebanon. Congress, in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, gave the secretary of defense until June 30 to report on how to assess Lebanese...
If President Trump has his way, the Third Lebanon War, which Hezbollah began by attacking Israel on October 8, 2023, will soon end. But even as the group’s most intense fight against Israel comes to...
Hezbollah’s new first-person view (FPV) drones provide the group with a maximum return on investment — earning their name from their cameras broadcasting footage of attacks until moment of impact. FPVs...
After an interval of 26 years, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has again captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th century fortress that occupies strategic high ground in the South Lebanon Security Zone that was...
On May 28, at approximately 2 pm, the Israeli Air Force targeted an apartment on the second floor of the Rayyan Project building, near Shuwayfat’s Ajniha Al Khamsa area, just southeast...
On May 12, the United Arab Emirates’ official news agency, Emirates News Agency, announced that Abu Dhabi had designated 16 Lebanese nationals and five Lebanon-based entities to its terrorism...
On May 6, just after 8 pm, an Israeli strike targeted a 10-story apartment building in the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb. Hezbollah-affiliated...
A security zone in southern Lebanon could help Israel degrade Hezbollah faster than it can recover.
Hezbollah’s Al Ahed newspaper stated on April 29 that the group had “amassed a massive arsenal of” precision diving/attack drones, which it said had been modified “during the...
Qassem Pledges To Retain Arms: Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem vowed on April 27 that the Iran-backed terrorist organization would not “relinquish its weapons or its defenses.” Qassem also labeled last week’s meeting between Lebanese and Israeli officials a “gratuitous and humiliating concession” on the part of the Lebanese government. “We categorically reject direct negotiations with Israel, and those in power should know that their actions will not benefit Lebanon or themselves,” Qassem said.
Syria has long functioned as Hezbollah’s strategic depth — a corridor for the group’s weapons and a launchpad for attacks against Israel, with Hezbollah embedding networks there during the rule of...
At midnight local time on April 17, a second ceasefire in as many years went into effect between Israel and Lebanon. Brokered, or to some degree imposed, by the United States, this cessation of hostilities...
Trump Announces Ceasefire: Following conversations with both Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump announced on April...
Talks Held in D.C.: Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted talks between delegations from Israel and Lebanon in Washington on April 14 — the first time the two countries had engaged...
On the afternoon of April 8, Israel launched its deadliest and most intense wave of airstrikes in Beirut since the war with Hezbollah restarted in early March. Initial reports claimed that the Israel Defense...
“The only reason they are alive today is to negotiate!” So declared President Donald Trump with regard to the representatives Iran dispatched to Pakistan to negotiate with a U.S. team led...
IDF Strikes Reported Against Multiple Hezbollah Positions: The IDF announced on April 8 that it had carried out the “largest attack across Lebanon” against Hezbollah targets...
The renewed Lebanon war between Israel and Hezbollah that began on March 2 is now over a month old, with little change in the overall picture or disposition of the main actors. However, Israeli officials...
On the morning of Saturday, March 28, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a press-marked vehicle on the Jezzine-Kfarhouna road in south Lebanon. The strike killed Ali Shuaib, an employee of the...