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Perspectives: Lebanon and Hezbollah October 30, 2020

Several Countries Designate Hezbollah as a Terror Group Over the past week, several countries have designated Hezbollah, in its entirety, as a terrorist group, continuing

Perspectives: Lebanon and Hezbollah October 2, 2020

Netanyahu Warns of Hezbollah Arms Depot in Beirut, Group Denies Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah of maintaining

Perspectives: Lebanon and Hezbollah September 25, 2020

Explosion at Hezbollah Arms Depot in South Lebanon town of Ain Qana A strong explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon in the village

Perspectives: Lebanon and Hezbollah September 11, 2020

Treasury Department Targets Hezbollah Political Allies in Lebanon On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned former Lebanese government ministers Yusuf Finyanus, of Sleiman

Perspectives: Lebanon and Hezbollah September 18, 2020

Treasury Targets Hezbollah Executive Council Companies and Official On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two Lebanon-based

Barak’s Error

On May 25, 2000, Prime Minister Ehud Barak ordered Israeli forces out of south Lebanon, ending Israel’s ill-fated 18-year foray into its northern neighbor’s territory

Hezbollah’s Rules of the Game and the Missile Threat

On April 15, an Israeli drone fired two Hellfire missiles at a Jeep Cherokee that had just crossed from Lebanon into Syria, near Jdeidet Yabous

Profile: Lebanese Hezbollah’s Representative in Iraq Mohammad Kawtharani

Mohammad Hussein Kawtharani is Lebanese Hezbollah’s representative in Iraq. Kawtharani assumed greater responsibility in overseeing Iraq’s Shia militias since the death of former Islamic Revolutionary

Lebanon’s What’s App Revolution

Last Thursday, Lebanon erupted with ongoing popular protests demanding governmental reform. Thousands of Lebanese took to the streets, particularly its major cities, to call for