Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have been targeting fighters from the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah in the civil war in Syria. Sunni rebels said at least 12 Hizbullah fighters were killed near the Syrian city of Homs in mid-February. The rebels said the clashes took place between Hizbullah units loyal to the regime of President […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel’s intelligence community has raised the prospect that Syria transferred chemical weapons missile warheads to Lebanon. Officials said the intelligence community has been tracking convoys of trucks that were bringing what appeared to be missiles and warheads from Syria’s Latakia region to Lebanon. They said the convoys were unloading the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has been training Shi’ites from Syria. Arab diplomatic sources said Hizbullah has trained Shi’ites in combat skills in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. They said the Shi’ites would be sent to defend their villages in southwestern Syria from attacks by Sunni rebels. “Hizbullah has been establishing a force as […]
Special to WorldTribune.com (Originally posted on Aug. 26, 2003.) U.S. intelligence suspects Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction have finally been located. Unfortunately, getting to them will be nearly impossible for the United States and its allies, because the containers with the strategic materials are not in Iraq. Instead they are located in Lebanon’s heavily-fortified Bekaa […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has held its largest exercise in years in what was meant to simulate an attack on Israel. The Lebanese daily Al Jumhuriya reported that Hizbullah staged a three-day exercise from Aug. 17 in eastern and southern Lebanon. In a report on Aug. 24, the newspaper said Hizbullah […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have acquired weapons from the Lebanese Army. The Lebanese daily Al Akhbar reported that the military was investigating thefts of weapons and other equipment throughout northern Lebanon. On April 10, the newspaper asserted that the weapons were being smuggled to Sunni rebels in neighboring Syria. “Those in the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Lebanon has been threatened by the revolt in neighboring Syria. Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in northern Lebanon. Officials said the supporters consisted of Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah operatives as well as Syrian Alawite laborers who have long lived in Lebanon. “The security of Lebanon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Wednesday, August 3, 2011 NICOSIA — The Lebanese government, amid the decline of its Syrian mentor, has lost control over much of the country. Opposition sources said the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati has lost control over the military and security services. They said the pro-Hizbullah government has watched how Iran […]