Lebanese Armed Forces

February 4, 2025 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem announces the date of Nasrallah’s funeral

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January 29, 2025 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem’s most defiant speech yet as Hezbollah secretary-general

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem’s last speech, delivered on Monday, was his most defiant to date. Qassem spoke one day after the expiration of the November 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire deal’s...

January 28, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Uneasy Truce: Israel’s Fragile Ceasefires with Hamas and Hezbollah

For fifteen months, Israel fought a difficult and complex war on multiple fronts. It was the costliest war in Israel’s history in terms of civilians killed and hostages taken, with more...

January 27, 2025 | |

Lebanon Ceasefire Between Hezbollah and Israel Extended to February 18

Deadline Pushed: The White House announced on January 26 that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah will be extended until February 18....

January 24, 2025 | |

‘Not Written in Stone’: Israel Set to Extend Lebanon Truce Deadline

LAF Takeover Incomplete: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on January 24 said that the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon is not likely to be completed in full by the...

January 24, 2025 | |

Israel SitRep: January 24, 2025

January 24, 2025 | Israel at War Situation Report Israel SitRep: January 24, 2025 Today’s Issue: | Israel to Remain in Southern Lebanon Beyond 60th Day of Ceasefire Agreement | IDF Conducts Southern...

January 19, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel’s Dilemma in Lebanon

The 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon will end on January 26, six days after President Trump takes office. While Hizbullah suffered heavy losses during the two months of fighting from late September to...

January 14, 2025 | |

Lebanon Chooses Nawaf Salam, an Adversary of Israel, as New Prime Minister

International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam Named as Prime Minister: ICJ President Nawaf Salam has been nominated as Lebanon’s next prime minister after consultations...

January 13, 2025 | Bonnie Glick |

What does Donald Trump’s “Hell to Pay” look like?

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that if the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, including seven American citizens, are not released before his inauguration on January 20, there will be “hell to...

January 13, 2025 | David Daoud |

With No Power or Constitutional Authority, Lebanon’s New President Won’t Disarm Hezbollah

After two years of deadlock, the proverbial white smoke has emerged from Lebanon’s parliament in Beirut’s Nejmeh Square. Former Lebanese Armed Forces commander Joseph Aoun has been elected...

January 10, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanon’s Aoun could move toward peace – if Hezbollah lets him

The Iran-backed militia is bowed but not broken – and it could still find a way to hijack Saudi funds for its own rehabilitation

January 9, 2025 | |

‘New Era’: Lebanon Elects Former LAF Commander Joseph Aoun President

Lebanon Chooses New President: Lebanon’s parliament elected Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) General Joseph Aoun to be the country’s next president. Aoun, who has been backed by...

January 8, 2025 | David Daoud, Ahmad Sharawi

Lebanon’s Mahan Air theater was meant to cover ceasefire deal non-performance

A false narrative has emerged claiming Lebanese authorities searched an Iranian plane last week at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport over suspicion the aircraft was smuggling...

January 7, 2025 | |

Biden Administration Reallocates Egyptian Aid to Fund Lebanese Armed Forces

State Department Withholds $95 Million From Egypt: The outgoing Biden administration will withhold $95 million of its foreign military aid to Egypt and redirect it to Lebanon to...

January 4, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Lebanon is not serious about disarming Hezbollah

Topping the list of reasons for lack of Lebanese interest, all presidential hopefuls need Hezbollah votes

December 19, 2024 | David Daoud |

Naim Qassem on Hezbollah’s influence in Lebanon and about-face on Syria

On Saturday, Hezbollah’s recently minted Secretary-General Naim Qassem offered his group’s first comment on the downfall of the regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria. The Assad regime was one of Hezbollah’s...

December 11, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: December 11, 2024

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December 10, 2024 | David Daoud |

Don’t bet on the Lebanese Army to restrain Hezbollah

The Assad regime has fallen. Meanwhile, the dreaded Third Lebanon War, during which Israel gave Hezbollah an unprecedented drubbing, is either over or in a ceasefire-induced lull. But the Iranian-backed...

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...

December 4, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Israel’s Gift

Lebanese patriots now have a chance to throw off Tehran’s yoke