Militants ambushed a Lebanese army patrol near the border with Syria on Tuesday, killing six Lebanese soldiers and wounding one, a Lebanese security official said. The attack occurred in a remote region of Ras Baalbek in eastern Lebanon and was followed by fierce clashes between the two sides, said the official, speaking on condition of […]
Hezbollah chief and former Iraqi PM met in Lebanon
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki met recently in Beirut and reportedly expressed their confidence in a statement ( issued by hezbollah ) that the people and governments of the region would defeat the terrorist Islamic State group. Such groups and “their destructive plans don’t have a future in any country […]
M8 praises Hariri’s support for dialogue with Hezbollah
March 8 officials praised former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s support for a dialogue with Hezbollah Friday, with the hope that the talks between the two rival parties would help defuse the Sunni-Shiite tensions. In an interview with LBCI TV at his Paris residence Thursday night, Hariri said he was serious about a dialogue between his Future Movement […]
Is Hezbollah chief in Iran for cancer treatment ? reports
Radio Sawt Beirut International claimed on Monday, citing unidentified sources, that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was transferred on Sunday to Iran “aboard an Iranian presidential plane,” which left from the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport. Turkish Anadolu news agency also reported on Tuesday that Nasrallah suffered an adverse health condition
Hezbollah chief to appear Friday on TV
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make another TV appearance on Friday via video link to deliver a speech during a ceremony marking Prophet Mohammed’s birthday. Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV said the ceremony is set to be held at a compound in the Rweiss
Hezbollah chief warns against division, partition schemes
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made another televised appearance via video link to deliver this time a speech that marks 40 days after Ashura, the event which is commemorated by the Shiite Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala. […]
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah: The rebels can’t win the war in Syria
Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday during a student graduation ceremony that there is no way the rebels in Syria could win the war against President Bashar al-Assad. “If you are betting that the regime will fall in Syria, all your information is wrong. Do not build your information on wrong assumptions,” Hezbollah […]
Nasrallah to make another TV appearance
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will make another appearance today on TV via video link to talk about the Syrian criss and the situation in Lebanon.
Geagea: Berri can be the next speaker if he joins March 14
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on Speaker Nabih Berri to join the March 14 alliance who will then elect him as the next speaker after winning the next parliamentary elections, stressing that his personal relationship with him is good.
Nasrallah blasts March 14, warns against abandoning resistance
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that an Iranian-made drone it recently flew over Israel gathered intelligence and was part of its deterrence strategy against the Jewish state.