The leader of Hezbollah has said the group is not involved in the sentencing of a United Nations-backed tribunal over the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on August 18. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is expected to deliver its verdict on Tuesday to four suspects, …
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Beirut, Lebanon – UN peacekeepers are investigating an incident on the southern border of Lebanon after Israel said it was thwarting an “attempted infiltration” by Hezbollah, although the Iran-backed group said the allegations were “absolutely false “. Fears of a confrontation have increased significantly since Israel reportedly killed a Hezbollah …
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Israeli forces exchanged fire with Hezbollah fighters along the volatile Israeli-Lebanese border on Monday, the toughest fight between bitter enemies in nearly a year. Israeli army spokesman in the Arabic language, Avichay Adraee, said troops thwarted Hezbollah’s attack by three or four men who infiltrated a few meters above the …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The deputy head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday rejected the possibility of an escalation of violence between the Iran-backed movement and Israel despite mounting tensions in the past week. FILE PHOTO: A man rides a motorcycle alongside a photo of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan …
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Israel has said it is sending military reinforcements to its northern border after the Lebanese-based Hezbollah group threatened retaliation for the murder of one of its members in an attack in Syria earlier this week. The Israeli army said on its Twitter account on Thursday that the move was “according …
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