What Lebanon’s municipal election results mean for Hezbollah
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...
Nabatieh
Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: April 28–May 11, 2025
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...
Op-eds
Naim Qassem encourages voting in upcoming Lebanese municipal elections
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...
Op-eds
Israeli Air Strikes Target Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Lebanon
Israel Strikes Hezbollah: The Israeli Air Force launched extensive airstrikes on May 8 targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. The IDF said that it struck a terrorist...
Flash Briefs
Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah assets and personnel in south Lebanon
Israel conducted several airstrikes in south Lebanon on Tuesday, March 11, targeting Hezbollah assets and personnel. The first strike, carried out by an Israeli drone, was reported at...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: November 27, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Detains Four Who Approached Troops in Southern Lebanon, Warns Lebanese Against Moving Southward | IAF Strikes Numerous Targets Overnight Throughout Lebanon and Between Lebanon and...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel increases airstrikes on targets in southern Beirut as Hezbollah rocket fire reduces
Residents of Beirut reported three days of heavy and increasing airstrikes in the city. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) put out statements in Arabic calling on civilians to...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: November 1, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IAF Overnight Strikes in Beirut and Nabatieh Target Hezbollah Command Centers, Weapons Production Sites | IAF Strikes More Than 200 Hezbollah and Hamas Targets; Lebanon and Gaza Ground...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel Eliminates Deputy Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force
An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon eliminated the deputy commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, Mustafa Ahmad Shahadi, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on...
Flash Briefs
IDF strikes 490 Hezbollah targets in ground and air operations
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out almost 500 strikes on various Hezbollah targets in three days of fighting between October 14 and October 17. The IDF said that troops “dismantled more than...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: October 16, 2024
Today at 8:30am (ET): “FDD Morning Brief,” featuring Jonathan Schanzer and Edmund Fitton-Brown, FDD Event “Time for Berri to lead Lebanon’s Shiites away from Iran,” Hussain...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: September 27, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Hezbollah Aerial Unit Commander Eliminated in IAF Strike in Dahieh | IAF Strike That Killed Ibrahim Qubaisi on Tuesday Also Eliminated His Deputy | IAF Targeted Assassinations Continue...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: September 11, 2024
Israel SitRep: September 11, 2024 Today’s Issue: | IAF Helicopter Crash in Gaza Kills Two, Wounds Seven | Israeli Man Critically Wounded in Fuel Tanker Ramming Attack in West Bank | Northern Update:...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: May 24, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF and Shin Bet Retrieve Bodies of Three Men Killed on October 7 | IDF Continuing Operations in Northern, Southern, and Central Gaza | IAF Airstrike Kills Hezbollah Weapons-Production...
Israel at War Situation Report
Understanding Israel-Hezbollah Clashes Since October 7
After six months of trading fire, we can observe three distinct stages of the fighting between Israel and the Iranian proxy group.
Op-eds
Senior IRGC Leader Killed in Damascus Air Strike
Israel reportedly killed a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a Damascus airstrike on April 1. Mohammed Reza Zahedi was among five people who...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: Feb. 26, 2024
Israel SitRep: Feb. 26, 2024 Today’s Issue: After Hezbollah Downs an Israeli UAV, Israeli Fighter Jets Attack Hezbollah Sites in Lebanon | IDF Carries out West Bank Raids, Arresting 22, Seizing Terror...
Israel at War Situation Report
Does Hezbollah’s Silence Link the Attack on Safed to Israel’s Strike on Nabatiyeh?
Last Thursday, Israel reportedly attempted to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah members: Ali Karaki, identified by media outlets as a “Hezbollah military commander” but, more significantly, “the...
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: Feb. 9, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Soldier Seriously Wounded by Missile From Lebanon, Israeli Air Force Strikes Back | IDF Troops Find Rocket Launchers Aimed at Israel Near Mosque and Kindergarten | IDF Arrests 12 in...