Mario Chartouni, 2024-10-08 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
For weeks now, the southern suburbs of Beirut, commonly known as "Dahyeh," have been subjected to Israeli strikes that have recently become a daily occurrence. The neighborhoods have faced extreme turmoil since September 27, when Israel conducted violent raids that destroyed at least six buildings in Haret Hreik, targeting the Secretary-General of ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-08 16:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, who was expected to replace Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah’s new secretary-general, was likely killed in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs last week. “Hezbollah is an organization without a leader. Nasrallah was eliminated, and his ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-08 11:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hamas Hassan Nasrallah Tehran USA
Iran warned Israel on Tuesday against attacking any of its infrastructure amid fears of a possible Israeli assault on oil or nuclear sites following Iran's missile barrage last week. The state television quoted Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying, "Any attack against infrastructure in Iran will provoke an even stronger response." He spoke ...
2024-10-07 20:00 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Hamas Hassan Nasrallah Benjamin Netanyahu
“We are going to change the Middle East." These words, uttered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two days after the October 7, 2023 offensive, appear to be taking shape. Despite intensified diplomatic efforts to end the war in Lebanon and Gaza, the focus now seems to be on a radical solution. Can diplomatic channels still ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-06 18:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah Houthi Tehran
Hezbollah members in Yemen have reportedly been isolated by the Houthi security apparatus, according to the Yemeni media outlet Al-Jumhuriya. They are allegedly forbidden from meeting with the leaders of the Iran-backed group, according to the media, which cites sources close to the movement. These preventive security measures reportedly include ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-05 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted as potentially the pro-Iranian group next leader, had been lost following Israeli strikes this week. "Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs" early on Friday, the official ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-10-05 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Talal Hamieh, also known as Talal Hosni Hamieh, Ismat Mazraani or Abu Jaafar, is a shadowy figure within Hezbollah. He is considered part of the group’s first generation, having joined in the mid-1980s. Hamieh is the head of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization (ESO), also known as Unit 910, which is responsible for overseeing covert ...
Fady Noun, 2024-10-05 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
“Know thyself.” This timeless Socratic precept, fundamental to any individual in pursuit of wisdom, holds equally true for nations. By disregarding it, Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, met his demise. Convinced he had secured full control over the Lebanese state, and by leading Lebanon into a war in support of Hamas on ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-10-04 19:35 - Reading : less than a minute
Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah since 1992, was killed on September 27, 2024, in the southern suburbs of Beirut as a result of an Israeli airstrike. Born in 1960 in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut, he played a pivotal role in shaping Hezbollah's political and military influence in the region.
This Is Beirut, 2024-10-04 13:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assured on Friday, with a rifle beside him, that Tehran's allies, notably Hamas and Hezbollah, will not "back down" against Israel, which "won't last much longer." The head of state was speaking in Tehran before thousands of people, three days before the first anniversary of Hamas' unprecedented ...
Johnny Kortbawi, 2024-10-04 09:46 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The assassination of Hezbollah's Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, marked the conclusion of the fourth phase in Lebanon's history, known as political Shiism. Each phase has been characterized by the dominance of one of the major sects over the others in various ways. Political Maronitism prevailed from independence until the assassination of ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 2024-10-03 12:46 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Sir Lawrence Freedman, a strategic expert and former advisor to 10 Downing Street (Executive office of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister), asserts that Hezbollah is fighting for its “survival” in a war it has “already lost.” In an interview with This is Beirut, he noted that a significant regional shift could render Hezbollah ...