Tag: Hezbollah
Warnings of chaos, civil war in Lebanon
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement warned a power vacuum could tip the country into civil war, suggesting adversaries including the US and Israel were seeking to...
Hezbollah claims drone hit
Hezbollah said it downed an Israeli drone in southern Lebanon in another flare-up raising tensions between the Iran-backed group and Israel.
The drone is...
Hezbollah emerges a winner from Mideast turmoil, alarming foes
When Iran declared victory over Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it hailed the "strong and pivotal" role played by Lebanon's Hezbollah...
Hezbollah declares Syria victory
The Syrian government's powerful Lebanese ally Hezbollah has declared victory in the Syrian war, dismissing remaining fighting as "scattered battles", a pro-Hezbollah...
Hezbollah seizes much of IS enclave on Syrian-Lebanese border
Hezbollah has captured much of an Islamic State pocket on Syria's side of the border with Lebanon in a joint offensive with...
Hezbollah sees no end to Syria war, Mideast at risk of...
Lebanon's Hezbollah says the Middle East is at risk of partition and sees no end to the war in Syria, where it...
Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
Lebanon's Hezbollah and Syria's army made big advances against insurgents in mountains north of Damascus on Wednesday, Hezbollah and Syrian state media...
Hezbollah sees Islamic State as threat to Gulf, Jordan
The leader of Lebanese group Hezbollah described the radical Islamist movement that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria as a growing...
Hezbollah arms suspect gets life in Nigeria, two others freed
A Nigerian court handed a life sentence for illegal arms trafficking and possession on Friday to a Lebanese man suspected of having...
Congo under scrutiny over Hezbollah business links
The Democratic Republic of Congo has awarded lucrative forestry concessions to a company controlled by a Lebanese businessman who also runs a...
Stratfor: A Hezbollah Threat in Thailand?
On Jan. 12, Thai authorities arrested a man they say was a member of the Lebanon-based Shiite militant group Hezbollah who...
Stratfor: A Hezbollah Threat in Thailand?
On January 12, Thai authorities arrested a man they say was a member of the Lebanon-based Shiite militant group Hezbollah who was...
Egypt verdicts political and unjust: Hezbollah
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described as "political and unjust" the verdicts that Egypt passed on 26 men it convicted of planning...
Obama Syria outreach under fire amid Scud reports
US President Barack Obama's outreach to Syria came under fire yesterday as a congressional panel questioned the rapprochement amid charges that Damascus...
Iranian Proxies: An Intricate and Active We
For the past few years, STRATFOR has been carefully following the imbroglio over the Iranian nuclear weapons program and efforts by the...
Book review: A world of trouble
I forget who wrote that events in the Middle East were bloody-minded "spite and malice passing as normalcy", but that would be...