Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah acquired an advanced Russian cruise missile. Israel Navy officers said Hizbullah has received the P-800 coastal defense system sold by Russia to Syria. The officers said Hizbullah was believed to have already deployed the Yakhont cruise missile, with a range of 300 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Lebanon has been bracing for a suicide bombing campaign. Security sources said Lebanon’s military and police were on alert for daily suicide strikes similar to those in Iraq and Syria. They said the attacks would pit Al Qaida-aligned militias against the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah in what could include the assassination of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has determined that Lebanon established thousands of weapons bases in Lebanon. Officials said Hizbullah has set up weapons caches in at least 200 communities in southern Lebanon. They said Hizbullah was storing rockets and missiles in thousands of apartment buildings in an effort to evade Israeli air […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has closed off parts of Lebanon’s capital in an effort to stop repeated suicide bombings linked to Al Qaida. Arab sources said Hizbullah has closed streets around its headquarters in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh. The sources said Hizbullah troops have been deployed on several roads […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been on alert for continued rocket attacks from Lebanon. Military sources said Northern Command has been placed on near-maximum readiness for a major strike from Lebanon. The sources said the military was preparing for rocket strikes or infiltration by Hizbullah or its Sunni-sponsored proxies. “There is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hizbullah has been dealt a harsh blow by the death of its leading weapons specialist. Israeli officials said Hassan Al Laqis, assassinated at his home on Dec. 4, was responsible for the Hizbullah missile and arms buildup in Lebanon. The officials said Al Laqis developed Hizbullah’s air defense, rocket and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Israel has determined that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah received an advanced Russian cruise missile. Israeli sources said Hizbullah acquired the Russian-origin P-800 coastal defense system in 2013. The sources said components of the system were transferred to Hizbullah headquarters in Lebanon by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, which received […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA ― Another Hizbullah commander has been killed. Lebanese sources said Hussein Salah Habib was killed in Syria and buried in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Jan. 1. The sources said Habib was abducted and tortured to death by Al Qaida-aligned rebels. “He went missing for eight months and was found a week […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV ― The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has been identified as directing rocket fire from Lebanon into Israel. Officials said Hizbullah was organizing non-Shi’ite squads to fire rockets into northern Israel. They said the latest series of rocket attacks were launched from areas of southern Lebanon controlled by the Iranian proxy. “What is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been preparing for a brief and decisive war against Hizbullah, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies asserted that Israel’s military has invested heavily in new capabilities to ensure a brief war against Hizbullah in Lebanon. In a report, Israeli analyst Yaakov Lappin said […]