Content tagged with “Hezbollah”
In a rare interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Russian TV, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah offered that the group act as a mediator in the Syrian conflict. He confirmed...
Tags: Hezbollah, Wikileaks As he commemorated the 15th anniversary of the assassination of his father this week, Walid Jumblatt placed the Syrian opposition flag atop Kamal Jumblatt's grave. Over the course of his political...
Tags: Politics, Hezbollah, Syria, Walid Jumblatt, Palestine A year into the Syrian uprising, Lebanon has arguably managed to avoid a major spurt of violence many feared would spread in the region. With violence devolving into a protracted bloody fight between...
Tags: Hezbollah, Banking, Syria, Security, uprising U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence David Cohen sent a clear warning to Lebanese bankers this week when, during a visit to Beirut, he urged them not to allow...
Tags: Hezbollah, Banking, Treasury Department The debate over a standardized account of Lebanon's recent history has been going on for more than two decades, yet this discourse remains one of the most contentious and divisive issues in the...
Tags: Education, Hezbollah, Walid Jumblatt, history, civil war Born from the flurry of protests that engulfed the country following the death of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, the March 14 Alliance celebrated its seventh anniversary this week....
Tags: Hezbollah, Hariri, March 14, Syria, Arab Spring The Syrian uprising has severely undermined the triad of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah, threatening the movement of weapons between Iran and its Lebanese protégé. While Iran originally praised the Arab...
Tags: Iran, Hezbollah, Syria As the uprising rages on in Syria, some Lebanese leaders are calling for isolating the country from regional conflict, while many, including Druze leader Walid Jumblatt are still hedging their bets....
Tags: Hezbollah, United Nations, Syria Congress adopted last month a Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3671) allowing the continuation of military aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). The toppling of former Prime Minister Saad...
Tags: Hezbollah, Congress, HATA 
