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2026-09-27 20:54
By staff writer
Hezbollah marks second anniversary of Sayyed Nasrallah’s martyrdom with vows of continued resistance
Sheikh Qassem vows Hezbollah will not surrender weapons at massive Beirut commemoration
TEHRAN — The southern suburbs of Beirut transformed into a sprawling sea of black and yellow on Sunday. Tens of thousands of mourners converged on the shrine of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to mark two years since his assassination in an Israeli airstrike.
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2026-08-04 21:06
Farhad Pashavand, West Asia expert
Gradual attrition: The cornerstone of the new US strategy against Hezbollah
TEHRAN — The plan currently being discussed in American and Israeli strategic circles regarding Lebanon is not merely a security initiative aimed at containing an armed actor; rather, it forms part of a multilayered strategy to reshape the balance of power in the country.
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2026-02-27 23:10
By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon: IMEC pressures, the fading ‘mechanism,’ and the open debate on normalization
SOUTH LEBANON — Lebanon today stands at the intersection of three converging tracks: the collapse of the ceasefire supervisory “Mechanism,” mounting geopolitical pressure through the India–“Middle East” –Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and deep uncertainty surrounding parliamentary elections.
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2026-02-16 22:49
‘Lebanon must choose between sovereignty and disappearance,’ Hezbollah chief says
TEHRAN — In an address on Monday honoring the memory of the martyred Lebanese resistance leaders, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem redefined the current conflict as an existential struggle for Lebanese survival.
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2025-12-28 19:44
Hezbollah leader rejects foreign-backed disarmament drive as tool for Israeli annexation
TEHRAN – In an address marking the memorial of founding leader Haj Mohammad “Abu Salim” Yaghi, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the foreign-backed push to disarm the Resistance is a “Zionist-American project” intended to annex parts of Lebanon and reduce the remainder to a tool of Western hegemony.