Content tagged with “Hezbollah”
Two rockets were fired from South Lebanon into Israel this week, and Israel returned the fire, signaling a threatening situation in the region, to be contained perhaps only by the transfer of funds...
Tags: Hezbollah, Special Tribunal Lebanon this week voted against suspending Syria from the Arab League, exacerbating divisions between the Hezbollah-led cabinet and the March 14 alliance, and putting Prime Minister Mikati in a tight...
Tags: Hezbollah, March 14, Bashar Assad, Voting, Arab League, Mikati Lebanese politicians are hoping that the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha would facilitate a breakthrough on the contentious debate about funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)....
Tags: Hezbollah, Syria, Walid Jumblatt, criticism Lebanese militant Shiite group Hezbollah's policy towards the Syrian uprising has been clear: a steadfast commitment to the Syrian regime and a dismissal of the recent protests as an Israeli-American...
Tags: Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, uprising As Lebanon continues to wait out the Syrian uprising and its repercussions on the country's stability, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwaji visited Washington this week, where...
Tags: Hezbollah, Military, Kahwaji, HATA, aid The Wikileaks debacle is still unraveling in Lebanon, exposing a level of hypocrisy among many Lebanese politicians and forcing many to do damage control with their own political allies. The latest...
Tags: Hezbollah, March 14, Wikileaks, Nabil Berri Six months into the Syrian uprising, more and more countries have distanced themselves from the Syrian regime - but most have yet to call on President Bashar Assad to step down. Gulf countries are...
Tags: Diplomacy, Lebanon, Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Turkey, uprising, Gulf A heated debate on Lebanon's power sector revealed huge cracks in the new cabinet, raising questions about its stability in the face of upcoming political challenges.
The 30-member cabinet is rather...
Tags: Government, Lebanon, Iran, Hezbollah After the release of Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) indictments in the assassination of late Premier Rafik Hariri, followed by statements that it was linked to three other attempted murders of...
Tags: Journalism, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Hariri, Special Tribunal The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) reached a milestone yesterday when it released the indictment associated with the assassination of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others. The STL...
Tags: Hezbollah, Hariri, Special Tribunal, indictment 
