Israel blows up schools, flattens villages in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN — Israeli forces escalated their campaign of artillery shelling, airstrikes, and controlled demolitions across southern Lebanon over the weekend, turning border villages into uninhabitable wreckage while Washington provides political cover for the ongoing aggression.

Southern Lebanese: Israel is ‘razing our lives before our eyes'

Day after day, the Israeli-occupied village of Mansouri, perched on a green hill a few kilometres south of the coastal city of Tyre, is slowly disappearing. Already heavily damaged during the war, it is now quite literally being wiped off the map, in a final twist of cynicism, during the ceasefire.

By staff writer

South Lebanon faces aggressive Israeli offensive as US ‘diplomacy’ provides cover

TEHRAN — A massive explosion orchestrated by Israeli forces tore through the coastal town of al-Mansouri in southern Lebanon on Monday, sending violent tremors across the Tyre district.

By staff writer

Ground incursions, incendiary strikes mark dangerous Israeli escalation in south Lebanon

TEHRAN — Israeli forces launched a heavy wave of artillery fire, low-altitude air raids, and destructive ground incursions across southern Lebanon on Monday.

By Ali Minabi

Is Israel reshaping its occupation of southern Lebanon?

TEHRAN – In an attempt to secure legitimacy as an occupying force in Lebanon, Israel is seeking to promote the idea of a withdrawal along three lines to sidestep international demands and withdraw from the Lebanese border.

By staff writer

Israeli warplanes slaughter civilians, obliterate hospital in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN — Israeli warplanes ripped through residential districts in southern Lebanon at dawn on Sunday, killing four civilians and wounding 20 others. Israeli strikes targeted populated areas across the Nabatieh district, hitting Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Remman, and Arab Salim. Women and children bore the brunt of the assault.

By staff writer

Israeli forces level border villages in escalating southern Lebanon campaign

TEHRAN — Israeli forces expanded their systematic campaign of military destruction across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pounding border communities with heavy artillery, launching airstrikes near the Litani River, and detonating entire residential neighborhoods.

By staff writer

From Trump to Lebanon: Delusion of decision-making

TEHRAN – When politics loses touch with reality, facts can quickly give way to fiction. The Trump model offers one example; its echoes in Lebanon offer another.

By Wesam Bahrani

Israeli casualties mount in southern Lebanon

TEHRAN – The Israeli military announces two more soldiers were killed and dozens were injured amid clashes and ambushes by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

By staff writer

In a city of rubble and martyrs’ posters, Ashura becomes the war’s requiem

TEHRAN — The procession moved with solemn purpose through streets that barely resembled a city. Flanked by mounds of pulverized concrete and snarled metal, the crowd chanted and beat their chests.

By Wesam Bahrani

Civilian deaths mount in southern Lebanon as Israeli aggression escalates despite ceasefire

TEHRAN – Despite the so-called ceasefire agreement, the Israeli regime has intensified its attacks on southern Lebanon, killing at least 30 people, including women and children.

By Garsha Vazirian

Iran, Hezbollah dictate a new reality as southern Lebanese begin returning home

The new equation proves that the resistance cannot be broken by mass destruction

TEHRAN — The stunning performance of Iran and its allies and marathon diplomatic sessions that produced the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding have forced a realignment of the Middle Eastern security architecture. For months, Washington and Tel Aviv operated under the delusion that Lebanon could be carved out and battered into submission without triggering a broader systemic collapse.

By Wesam Bahrani

Netanyahu “rejects” withdrawal from South Lebanon

TEHRAN – Netanyahu reportedly has no plans to withdraw occupation forces from southern Lebanon in the foreseeable future, as aggression against towns and villages across the region continues.

By Wesam Bahrani

Israel’s war objectives in Lebanon shrink

TEHRAN – The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have acknowledged casualties to more soldiers in southern Lebanon as the Zionist regime’s war objectives diminish in the face of Hezbollah’s strong resistance.

By Garsha Vazirian

The ghost of Beaufort Castle

TEHRAN – The diplomatic language surrounding the conflict in southern Lebanon has undergone a fundamental shift. For months, international statements had been couched in the cautious lexicon of border clashes and temporary security measures.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah inflicts more casualties on Israeli troops

TEHRAN – The Zionist regime has reported increasing casualties among the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) as it attempts to portray its aggression and expanded occupation in southern Lebanon as a success.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah kills two more Israeli soldiers in Lebanon

TEHRAN – Israeli media announced the deaths of two soldiers and the injury of several others “as a result of Hezbollah drones.”

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah strikes Israel’s Iron Dome launchers

TEHRAN – The Lebanese resistance is striking at the core of the Israeli regime’s security infrastructure, targeting advanced defense systems built over the years to protect settlements in the north.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah drones wreak havoc on IOF in southern Lebanon 

TEHRAN – Hezbollah continues to confront Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in southern Lebanon and target soldier and vehicle gatherings with drones.

Internal panic grips Israeli commanders as northern strategies implode

TEHRAN — At least eight civilians were killed across southern Lebanon in a wave of Israeli airstrikes, serving as the latest evidence that the “ceasefire” announced on April 16 has been systematically violated.

By Wesam Bahrani

Lebanon truce extension on fire

TEHRAN – The announcement of a 45-day extension to the so-called “ceasefire” in Lebanon has done little to stop the Israeli aggression. But it does raise questions about the Lebanese government.

By Wesam Bahrani

How Hezbollah redefines the concept of asymmetric warfare

TEHRAN – Hezbollah has reshaped asymmetric warfare in several ways, through new tools and capabilities, and with supporting factors that are required to sustain intense battle.

By Wesam Bahrani

Hezbollah ambushes more Israeli infantry

TEHRAN – Hezbollah is putting more emphasis on surveillance before taking direct military action against Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).

By Garsha Vazirian

The sledgehammer that crystallized Israel’s war on Christianity

From Gaza’s bombed churches to a decapitated Jesus in Lebanon, Israel’s aggression reveals a systematic assault on the Levant’s Christian soul

TEHRAN — The image lands like a physical blow: An Israeli soldier in full uniform stands outside a family home in the Maronite Christian village of Debel, six kilometers from the border, and swings a sledgehammer straight into the head of a Jesus statue on its crucifix.