Lebanon

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  • Lebanon flag 2025-09-30 17:55

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Why does Lebanese Forces party continue to incite discord?

    BEIRUT — The Lebanese Forces party is openly framing the upcoming elections as an existential battle, amplifying rhetoric that risks fuelling internal discord through media campaigns and theatrical displays in Parliament.

  • Larijani 2025/09/29

    By Xavier Villar

    Strategic balance: Ali Larijani reassesses the Iran–Lebanon alliance in face of US pressure

    MADRID – Ali Larijani’s recent visit to Beirut, in his capacity as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, marks a significant moment in the Islamic Republic’s diplomacy and its relations with a country that remains central to the political chessboard of West Asia.

  • Lebanon 2025-09-29 19:08

    Deadly Israeli drone strike hits eastern Lebanon

    One person was killed in an Israeli strike in the Beqaa Valley of eastern Lebanon on Monday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, according to local media.

  • Lebanon 2025-09-29 18:28

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Hezbollah upsets the enemy’s calculations

    BEIRUT—The commemoration of the first anniversary of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s martyrdom served as a pivotal moment for the Resistance to recalibrate its internal dynamics, with the massive turnout underscoring Hezbollah’s enduring popular support and organizational unity.

  • Mumbai 2025-09-29 13:51

    Mumbai commemorates martyrdom anniversary of Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah

    MUMBAI — On 28th September 2025, the faithful gathered at Masjid-e-Iranian (Mughal Masjid), Mumbai, to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, a leader whose life embodied courage, sacrifice, and defiance against oppression.

  • Lebanon maritime 2025-09-28 19:14

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    How did Nawaf Salam’s government relinquish Lebanon’s maritime rights?

    BEIRUT — With every step Lebanon takes to demarcate its borders in an effort to assert its rights, the outcome seems to be yet another loss. This was the case in 2007, again in 2022, and it is unfolding once more today.

  • Larijani 2025-09-27 22:13

    ‘Israel a threat to all’, Larijani says in Beirut during commemoration of Hezbollah late leaders

    TEHRAN – Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani has warned that the Zionist regime poses a threat to all countries in the region, emphasizing that recent developments—including the attack in Qatar—have made Israel’s aggressive behavior increasingly clear.

  • Naim Qassem 2025-09-27 20:16

    Sheikh Qassem warns of 'Karbala-like' confrontation, honors assassinated leaders

    In an address on the first anniversary of the martyrdom of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashim Safi al-Din on Saturday, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem declared his movement will not disarm, saying removal of weapons would serve Israeli aims and provoke a "Karbala-like" confrontation.

  • Lebanon 2025-09-27 20:12

    By Batool Subeiti

    Lebanon and the illusion of control: America's strategic blindness in Middle East

    LONDON -- Most short- and medium-term strategies adopted by the West — through its various American administrations — are either partially realized or fail to materialize. That’s how the vision of a “new Middle East” has unfolded, nearly two years into the war on Gaza.

  • Initial estimates suggest that more than 100,000 took part in the first martyrdom anniversary of Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine. The ceremony was held at the shrine of the Nation’s Supreme Martyr. 2025-09-27 19:21

    By Sondoss Al Asaad 

    Martyrdom anniversary of Nasrallah: Intersections of popular and political discourse

    BEIRUT — The first anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah became a transnational event, bringing together the deep popular sentiment on the one hand and its political and regional dimensions on the other. 

  • Nasrallah at sunset 2025/09/27

    By Khaled Hussein

    Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: A pioneering journey

    BEIRUT - Sayyed Hassan was born in Beirut in 1960, and his lineage goes back to Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them). He was raised in a religiously committed environment and traveled to Najaf al-Ashraf, where he pursued his religious studies and studied under Sayyed Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and Sayyed Abbas al-Moussawi, then continued his studies at the Hawza of Imam al-Muntadhar (peace be upon him).

  • Hezbollah member rifle 2025/09/27

    By Garsha Vazirian

    A foreign blueprint for Lebanon’s disarmament

    How Washington and Tel Aviv are pressing Beirut to surrender a guarantor of deterrence — and why that project risks national collapse

    TEHRAN – On the eve of a year since the assassination of the Lebanese resistance leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah — a shock that reoriented Lebanon’s politics and public mood — a new campaign to “restore a state monopoly on weapons” has moved from the drawing board into government corridors.

  • Hashem Safieddine 2025-09-27 17:51

    By Garsha Vazirian

    Hezbollah's invisible commander: The man who mastered the machinery of Resistance

    While others focused on military operations, Safieddine built the infrastructure that sustained the struggle

    TEHRAN – In the intricate tapestry of Lebanese resistance, few figures have wielded influence as quietly yet decisively as Sayyed Hashem Safieddine.

  • Nasrallah holding a rifle 2025/09/27

    By Wesam Bahrani

    Historic icon, leader and warrior

    TEHRAN – Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was both an icon and a warrior, a symbol of unwavering resistance and a man of remarkable courage.

  • Beirut ceremony 2025/09/27

    By Mohammad Sadegh Alizadeh

    The Lebanon I witnessed

    TEHRAN - Younes, a young Hezbollah fighter in his early 30s, accompanied our Iranian team during our visit to Lebanon for the funeral of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. On our way back from the war-torn southern regions to Beirut, he constantly briefed us on the situation along the frontlines.

  • Israel Lebanon 2025-09-23 19:48

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Hezbollah: One year after the large-scale aggression

    BEIRUT — With the first anniversary of the large-scale U.S.–led Israeli aggression against Lebanon, which lasted more than two months, the question arises about Hezbollah’s position today in light of regional and international transformations. 

  • Barrack 2025-09-23 18:42

    Tom Barrack: US arms Lebanon to ‘fight its own people’

    In an interview with the National released Monday, U.S. special envoy Tom Barrack defended Washington’s push to make the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) the agent of Hezbollah’s disarmament — even as he conceded the U.S. will not equip the army to confront Israel.

  • Lebanese family killed 2025-09-22 21:16

    By Sondos Al-Asaad

    Bint Jbeil tragedy and Ortagus’ responsibility

    BEIRUT — While President Joseph Aoun is leading a Lebanese delegation to participate in the UN General Assembly meetings in New York, Israel committed a new massacre in Bint Jbeil on Sunday afternoon, resulting in the murder of five citizens, including three children.

  • Lebanon martyrs 2025-09-21 21:04

    Israeli drone strike kills three children and their father in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon

    On Sunday, Israel killed three children and their father in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, when a drone strike hit a motorcycle just as a family car passed by.

  • Martyr General Hajj Ibrahim Aghil (Hajj Abdulghader) addressing Radwan Force personnel after Operation Al Aqsa Flood, Lebanon, late 2023. 2025-09-19 19:41

    By Mohammad Mahdizadeh, Iranian expert in international military history

    Ibrahim Aghil: The architect of ‘Hezbollah military doctrine’

    TEHRAN – It has been one year since the assassination of General Hajj Ibrahim Aghil, Hezbollah’s operations chief, along with 14 of his comrades and fellow officers in an Israeli air raid on the southern suburb of Beirut (Dahia).

  • Lebanon Nabatiyeh 2025-09-15 21:55

    Israeli drone strike kills civilian, injures five in southern Lebanon

    Lebanese media said a young man was killed late Sunday when an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a car on the road between Wadi al-Hujayr and Burj Qalawiya in Nabatieh’s Bint Jbeil district.

  • Hezbollah supporters 2025-09-15 21:55

    By Batool Subeiti

    The call of the Lebanese resistance to government officials

    LONDON – The state officials in Lebanon have taken upon themselves the responsibility of protecting the borders of the state, defending the citizens, and preserving sovereignty.

  • Lebanon Starlink 2025-09-13 19:00

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanese government and the licensing of Starlink: A free service for Israel!

    BEIRUT – Ignoring all security reports that expressed fears of internet access being diverted from outside the Ministry of Telecommunications, the Lebanese government approved a license for Starlink to allegedly “provide internet distribution services throughout Lebanon via satellite.”

  • Lebanon resistance 2025-09-12 17:47

    By Batool Subeiti

    How Lebanon’s Resistance may adapt under pressure

    LONDON - The supportive environment for the resistance movement in Lebanon has limits to how much pressure it can endure in the face of repeated Israeli violations, with full American backing. It may erupt in uncalculated ways and affect the situation. 

  • Lebanon 2025-09-07 20:14

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    How has the Lebanese Army saved Lebanon at a crucial moment?

    BEIRUT — What happened in the Lebanese government session on Friday was a truce that could either be sustained or overturned. The Lebanese Army did not rebel against the political authority, but rather put an end to the abuse of political establishment in a bloody, destructive conflict.

  • Lebanon disarmament 2025-09-06 19:18

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Will the Lebanese government continue on the path of rationality?

    BEIRUT — In Lebanon’s political history, no cabinet session has garnered as much international and Arab attention as the one on September 5th that will probably shape Lebanon’s future. It will determine whether the country is heading toward a settlement, chaos, or somewhere in between, like the current situation.

  • Lebanon 2025-09-05 18:26

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    The lie of “arms exclusivity” to uproot the resistance!

    BEIRUT— On Friday, Hezbollah-aligned Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar told local media before the Lebanese cabinet’s session had concluded that "any decision taken to disarm Hezbollah in the absence of Shia ministers would be null and void, as it would be considered in contravention of Lebanon’s sectarian power-sharing system."

  • US Lebanon 2025-09-03 18:29

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Will the government drag Lebanon toward anarchy on Friday?

    BEIRUT—Lebanon will open a new stage in the conflict over the Resistance’s weapons next week despite Israel’s clear rejection of US envoy Thomas Barrack’s proposal, which originally aimed to impose security and military control, not just political control, over Lebanon.

  • Lebanon 2025-09-02 19:13

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    Lebanon’s future, one year after the US–led Israeli aggression

    BEIRUT—Writing in The Telegraph, former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has said “Hezbollah shows no signs of giving up.  And, for well or ill, the UN’s longstanding Lebanon peacekeeping mission, UNIFIL, has such a tarnished reputation for ineffectiveness that its mandate will be ended at the end of 2026.”

  • Musa al-Sadr 2025-08-30 18:24

    By Sondoss Al Asaad

    47th anniversary of Sayyed Musa al-Sadr’s disappearance

    BEIRUT — On Sunday, Lebanon marks the 47th anniversary of the disappearance of Sayyed Musa al-Sadr, the founder of the Resistance against Israeli occupation, along with his two companions—Sheikh Muhammad Yaqoub and journalist Abbas Badreddine.