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Will Lebanon Install Observation Towers Along Its Border with Israel?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 10/07 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A renewed proposal to build surveillance towers along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel is back on the table—ambitious in scope, but hindered by political and security complications. Originally floated by the British government in 2024, the plan was presented twice to Lebanese authorities amid intense negotiations around the ceasefire ...

Hezbollah’s Threats to Israel: Can They Still Deliver?

Mario Chartouni, 10/07 17:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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As tensions persist in southern Lebanon, with Israel carrying out regular targeted strikes, Hezbollah maintains a firm stance toward Tel Aviv. The threats are mounting – yet they never materialize. Now, the group’s Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, warns that the patience of the pro-Iranian party is wearing thin. But behind the rhetoric lies a ...

From Nasser to Khamenei: The End of Resistance Politics in the Middle East

Pierre Nahas, 10/07 11:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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For decades, the Palestinian cause served as both a rallying banner and a political tool, used by leaders from Cairo to Tehran not always to uplift Palestinians, but to build empires. Radicalism on the Palestinian issue was once a measure of legitimacy for Middle Eastern leaders. Now, something is shifting. With Arab states striking deals with ...

How Lebanon Missed Its Future While Syria Negotiates Its Own

Salam El Zaatari, 10/07 08:00 - Reading : 9 minute(s)

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I have always believed that geography makes history. But in the Middle East, history tends to repeat itself with a sectarian accent and a militia soundtrack. And this is tragically evident in Lebanon, a country that once had everything, and today, has nothing but memory and myth. While the world watches US envoy Tom Barrack shuttle between ...

US Urges Lebanon to Intensify Efforts Against Hezbollah

This is Beirut, 09/07 19:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The United States is calling on the Lebanese government to intensify efforts to dismantle Hezbollah’s military capabilities and those of other non-state actors, a US State Department spokesperson revealed in a statement on Wednesday, following US envoy Tom Barrack’s mission in Beirut. “We need the Lebanese state to do more to fully remove ...

Israeli Army Says it Dismantled Hezbollah Sites in Southern Lebanon

This is Beirut, 09/07 13:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that troops from the 91st Division are continuing operations along the Lebanese border as part of cross-border operations. Based on intelligence reports, the army launched targeted missions to dismantle Hezbollah positions and prevent the group from reestablishing a military presence in the area. In one ...

Israel Claims Killing of Hezbollah Official

This is Beirut, 09/07 11:20 - Reading : less than a minute

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The Israeli army claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for a targeted strike carried out the previous day in Babliyeh (Saida), which killed Hussein Ali Mezher, the official in charge of fire management in the Zahrani sector of Hezbollah’s Badr Unit. In a statement posted on his X account, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay ...

Barrack Warns: Time to Choose Change or Be Left Behind

This is Beirut, 08/07 22:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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U.S. envoy Tom Barrack reiterated on Tuesday that the disarmament of Hezbollah and other factions remains a sovereign Lebanese matter, emphasizing that while Washington is committed to supporting the country, it will not wait indefinitely for Lebanon to make the right decisions. Speaking in an interview with LBCI, Barrack reminded that the United ...

Lebanon Submits Demands as Barrack Warns Against Proxy Conflict

Bassam Abou Zeid, 08/07 21:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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US presidential envoy Thomas Barrack is expected to brief President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Lebanon’s proposed roadmap for a comprehensive resolution to its internal crisis, submitted to him by President Joseph Aoun. According to sources familiar with the visit, Barrack found that the core conclusions of the Lebanese ...

Israeli Airstrike Kills Four in Northern Lebanon and in Saïda district

This is Beirut, 08/07 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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An Israeli airstrike killed three people and wounded thirteen others on Tuesday afternoon in the northern town of Ayrouniyeh, in the Zgharta district, according to the Ministry of Health. Later at night, one person was killed in another strike in the town of Babiliyeh, in the district of Saïda, in Southern Lebanon. The Israeli army said on ...

Has America Reversed Itself on Hezbollah?

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 08/07 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack has reversed three decades of US policy by no longer labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The shift de-internationalizes the issue of the Iranian proxy militia, whose disarmament is mandated by UN Security Council resolutions and the November ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and ...

Hezbollah Said to Have Evacuated Positions in South Lebanon

This is Beirut, 08/07 13:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Hezbollah reportedly placed all its units on maximum alert on Tuesday across all fronts in anticipation of a potential escalation in Israeli strikes, according to security sources cited by al-Hadath news channel. “Several Hezbollah positions have been evacuated across various areas in southern Lebanon, while some of the group’s senior leaders ...

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