Special to WorldTribune.com Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah is in Iran for urgent treatment for cancer, according to Lebanese media reports. Nasrallah was evacuated to an Iranian hospital on Feb. 14 after his condition recently deteriorated. He was treated by doctors from Russia and North Korea after cancer cells spread to new parts of his body, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Russia has made a direct plea to Hizbullah for restraint against Israel. The request from Moscow came after a Jan. 4 incident in which Hizbullah terrorists set off an explosive device targeting Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops in the Shebaa Farms area near the Lebanon-Israel border. Hizbullah said the attack on Jan. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Anticipating a huge influx of cash after the Iran nuclear deal, Hizbullah has ratcheted up its threats on Israel and the Israelis have responded by bolstering their Iron Dome missile defense capabilities at the Lebanon border. Iron Dome was extremely effective in defending Israel’s south against relentless Hamas rocket attacks from the […]
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 NICOSIA — A leading Hizbullah military commander has been assassinated. Hizbullah said Hassan Al Lakis was shot dead outside his home in Hadath south of Beirut. The killing, said to be the work of a lone gunman with a silencer, took place on Dec. 4 as Al Lakis, head of Hizbullah’s technology […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — For the first time in years, Hizbullah strongholds have been attacked in Lebanon. Sunni gunners fired two BM-21 Grad rockets toward Hizbullah strongholds in Beirut on May 26. Officials said the rockets fell near a church in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. “This is an act of sabotage,” […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Iran and its proxy Hizbullah have been planning to take over Syria, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said Iran and Hizbullah held a secret summit in April 2013 to draft strategy for Syria. In a report, the center said Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, in his first […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have asserted that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah was organizing another major military expedition in Syria. The Free Syrian Army said Hizbullah was training thousands of fighters to quell the two-year revolt against the regime of President Bashar Assad. FSA said Hizbullah intends to deploy another 5,000 troops to the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syrian rebels have claimed the assassination of Hizbullah’s deputy chief. The Free Syrian Army said it bombed a convoy in southwestern Syria that included Hizbullah deputy secretary-general Naim Kassem. In a statement on Feb. 27, FSA said the convoy also contained cars with senior Syrian Army officers. “It has been […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi It was hoped the overthrow of Saddam would herald a new age of democracy and growth in Iraq. Instead chaos, destruction and inter-faction bloodshed followed. Discreetly, however, away from the spotlight of the international press, another less obvious change has been going on: The Iran revolutionary system has been […]