Hezbollah is testing whether Lebanese sovereignty is a slogan or has any real meaning. Last month, Lebanese authorities seized a Hezbollah explosives shipment at Dahr al-Baidar, a mountain...
Hezbollah is reportedly reestablishing its presence and rebuilding intelligence networks in three southern Lebanese villages designated to test the group’s disarmament, despite the Lebanese Armed Forces...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on November 8 that troops operating in Israel’s self-declared security zone in southern Lebanon found two weapons and equipment stockpiles and an apartment used by...
By embedding its military command, control, and communications systems into public utility grids and residential centers, the group is holding the entire Lebanese population hostage.
While America and Israel’s enemies in the Middle East are degraded, they are not defeated. That is why both countries must sprint to replenish and expand their insufficient stocks of air and missile...
Syria detained members of a Hezbollah cell accused of planning an attack on a refinery near Homs, Syria’s Internal Security Forces said on November 3. It is the latest bust in Syria involving people...
As French protests escalated, the X account Torche360 (@Torche360), on October 26, posted a video of a protester in Paris unfavorably comparing French police to the Israel Defense Forces. The account provides...
Lebanon’s military prosecutor charged 13 people on October 30 over a shipment of explosives that was seized earlier that month at the Dahr al Baidar checkpoint on the Beirut–Bekaa highway, expanding...
Whenever non-state groups stockpile explosives under the pretext of fighting an external enemy, their true targets are domestic rivals and the sovereignty of the state.
A more effective Lebanese state would not have to rely on sectarian groups to reconstruct the country.
A recent book offers a strategic view of the Gaza War for the first time.
In reality, the state fears Hezbollah, abides by its diktats, and actively dismantles its own rule of law to accommodate the Iranian proxy.
When a Hezbollah missile damaged Israel’s Elah Valley satellite communications station in March, it showed that space power can be threatened on Earth. The IDF’s announcement on October 19 that...
As Baghdad devalues the dinar and Gulf governments confront mounting fiscal pressures, the Middle East faces a reckoning over oil dependence, Iranian proxy warfare, and the economic cost of perpetual conflict.
Qatar is preparing — for the second time this year — to help Lebanon turn the lights back on. On October 16, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani announced plans to modernize Lebanon’s...
Lebanon’s government is becoming increasingly nervous as the expiration date for the mandate of UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, draws closer. Meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel...
It must ensure that the terrorist organization cannot rebuild militarily.
Lebanon’s central bank, Banque Du Liban (BDL), has revoked the operating license of Bank Saderat Iran, an Iranian financial institution with documented ties to Hezbollah financing. The move comes amid...
Men identifying themselves as Hezbollah supporters reportedly surrounded a Lebanese police patrol on October 16 during a raid on a warehouse containing unfit pharmaceuticals in Galerie Semaan, near Beirut’s...
Washington and Riyadh risk sacrificing Syrian stability by pressuring Damascus to join their war.