by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean Another terrible explosion, another alleged Hezbollah deposit in the crosshairs, another suspicion that it is an Israeli attack on Lebanon. On the afternoon of Tuesday 22 September, a devastating explosion was seen and heard in the south of the country, according to local sources. The news was promptly picked up by Middle East Eye (below) but also by the BBC. According to an initial report, there was only damage to the structures and minor injuries but no deaths. “Beirut Massacre for a Missile!”. Lebanon President and Italian Military Expert said. “Thermal rings the […]
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France has rejected allegations by a senior US State Department official that the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has stored chemicals that can be used to make explosives in the European country, emphasizing that there is no evidence to substantiate such claims. “To our knowledge, there is nothing tangible to confirm such an allegation in France today,” French Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll told reporters in Paris on Friday. First lady Menalia, right, naked with a close friend on top of her, unavailable for comment “Any activity committed by a foreign organization on our territory would be sanctioned by the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107819/81/1078198199_0:322:3070:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_33e7e80faa6629c265635ccb7c703196.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009171080494590-israeli-security-forces-accuse-palestinian-woman-of-spying-recruiting-for-hezbollah/ Israeli authorities have arrested a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, accusing her of spying for Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. According to Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, Yasmin Jaber was arrested last month under suspicion of trying to recruit “Israeli and Palestinian civilians and residents to carry out terrorist activities in Israel,” the Times of Israel reported. Jaber was recruited by Hezbollah during an international youth conference in Lebanon in 2015, the Shin Bet claimed in a Thursday news release. Jaber is accused of communicating with her Hezbollah handler through coded messages on social media. […]
The announcement followed the Abraham Accords signed by UAE and Bahrain with Israel at the White House, which were negatively met both by the Palestinian authorities and Iran. The deputy head of the Lebanon-based Shia militant group, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has spoken on the Palestinian cause, calling for military efforts along with “other forms of resistance” against Israel. “We should make efforts for the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem al-Quds, and this will not be possible except through military resistance along with other forms of resistance, namely cultural, political, social resistance and etc, but the main focus of our work must […]
MIDEAST DISCOURSE Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Lebanon has been faced with political upheavals, and the huge explosion which destroyed the Beirut Port. Steven Sahiounie of MidEastDiscourse asked a noted expert on Lebanon, Dr. Marwa Osman, to explain the recent visit of French President Macron to Beirut, and what it portends. Steven Sahiounie (SS): Recently, France’s President Macron met with Mohammed Raad of Hezbollah. Do you think France is changing their position on Hezbollah? Marwa Osman (MO): I don’t think it is a matter of position, rather a matter of a realistic view to the Lebanese political arena. Who hold […]
While US officials claim that their recent sanctioning of former Lebanese government ministers was designed to expose the corruption of the country’s politicians, one expert tells Sputnik that Washington’s recent action is nothing more than a continuation of a longstanding, but unsuccessful, Western campaign to control Lebanon. US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenke declared on Tuesday that political allies of Hezbollah will have to “choose between bullets and ballots,” as they stand to be held “accountable for any enabling of [Hezbollah’s] terrorist and illicit activities,” Arab News reported. This came amid the two-day Lebanon leg of […]
…from SouthFront.org Hikers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights found at least 5 armed and unguarded Merkava Mk. IV battle tanks. The doors of the battle tanks were open with equipment and munitions left completely unguarded inside. The incident took place amid the growing tensions between Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces in both the Golan Heights area and along the Israeli-Lebanese contact line. During the past weeks, the Israeli military was actively deploying troops and equipment to reinforce their positions in these areas. It is highly likely that the abandoned battle tanks were a part of these reinforcements. So, if Israeli […]
Lebanon: Inconvenient Truths About Syria, Iran, Hezbollah And The Shia ‘Street’ By Danny Sjursen, AntiWar.com. August 27, 2020 Lebanon: Inconvenient Truths About Syria, Iran, Hezbollah And The Shia ‘Street’2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-e1597540616777.jpg200px200px This is the fourth segment in the author’s backstory series – “Lebanon: Bellwether, Battleground, and Bastard Child” – in the wake of the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion. Check out parts one, two, and three, plus stay tuned for upcoming segments at Antiwar.com. There’s been a lot of nonsense passing as truth in post-blast Lebanon reporting. Most centers around alarmism about Hezbollah’s nefarious influence, the West’s “opportunity” to destroy it, and the supposed struggle with Russia, China, […]
The Israeli Defence Forces reported a “security incident” early Wednesday amid clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces along the Israel-Lebanon border. The fighting reportedly began on Tuesday night, several hours after Lebanon rejected an Israeli proposal to reform the United Nations peacekeeping force’s mandate and powers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Lebanese political party and militant group Hezbollah not to “test” Israel on Wednesday in the previous night’s border incident. “Israel sees firing at its troops as a very serious incident,” Netanyahu said. “We will not tolerate any act of aggression and we will react forcibly to any […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107541/25/1075412524_40:0:1240:675_1200x675_80_0_0_ff10291dc2e1a021a03e006275b9bf12.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008231080250463-hezbollah-says-downs-israeli-drone-after-it-violated-lebanons-airspace/ BEIRUT (Sputnik) – The Hezbollah militant group says it has downed an Israeli drone on the border between Lebanon and Israel. According to a Hezbollah statement, the drone violated Lebanon’s airspace near the southern village of Ayta ash Shab, located about 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) northeast of the Israeli border. The Lebanon-based group and political party Hezbollah said the downed drone was now in its possession. Meanwhile, the IDF said that their glider fell on Lebanese territory during an operation on the border with Lebanon. מוקדם יותר היום, במהלך פעילות מבצעית של כוח צה״ל בגבול […]
Aoun: Impossible that Beirut blast was caused by Hezbollah arms [ Editor’s Note: President Aoun is stepping very carefully through the political landmine that is before him. One small misstep can eliminate his coming through this unscathed. Hence he has said that all input on what happened will be accepted and evaluated. But the big question there will be ‘evaluated by whom and what are their qualifications?’ Lebanon President Aoun VeteransToday has had our dog in the investigation fight from day one and has been barking more since. We know our position about the tactical nuke strike has been widely passed […]
…from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This investigation took fifteen years and cost a billion dollars, a fact that should launch an investigation into the crime of milking this investigation as a cash cow. The question arises, what is the point of having any UN investigation, when this case shows it does not have the capacity to do one in any reasonable amount of time? This makes news today because no evidence of Syrian involvement was found, but it will probably not change anyone’s mind if they have already formed an opinion. Passions replace memories in events like this. Then again, […]
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon based in the Hague has found one of the four members of the Iran-backed militia and political party Hezbollah guilty of the 2005 car bomb assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others. The verdict was delayed by two weeks due to the catastrophic explosion on August 4 in Beirut that killed nearly 200 and injured more than 6,000. Only Salim Ayyash was found guilty of assassination by truck bomb. The other defendants, Hussein Oneissi, Assad Sabra, and Hassan Merhi were acquitted of a barrage of charges including conspiracy to commit a terrorist attack […]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the blast that leveled the Port of Beirut is a suspected Israeli attack, and that if investigations confirm that suspicion, Lebanon will retaliate. Press TV Beirut correspondent Mariam Saleh and commentator Kevin Barrett discuss these developments. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror. He is host of TRUTH JIHAD RADIO; a hard driving weekly radio show funded by listener donations at Patreon.com and FALSE FLAG WEEKLY NEWS (FFWN); a audio-video show produced by Tony Hall, Allan Reese, and Kevin himself. FFWN is funded through FundRazr. He […]
The peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was brokered by the United States and announced on Thursday, envisaging a full normalization of relations between the two countries and the retreat of Tel Aviv from its plans to extend additional sovereignty over the West Bank. Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has denounced the UAE-Israeli peace deal brokered by the United States as a move done out of political interest for US President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. “The UAE decision is a favor to the Trump campaign and a personal favor to [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu,” Nasrallah said. Nasrallah […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008141080173063–hezbollah-leader-israel-will-pay-the-price-if-it-turns-out-tel-aviv-was-behind-beirut-blast/ Immediately after the tragedy occurred, reports emerged that Israel could have been behind the powerful explosion that left more than 200 people dead and 5,000 injured. Tel Aviv, which has been involved in a series of military clashes with Lebanon, has categorically denied the allegation. Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Israel will pay the price if it turns out it was behind the deadly explosion that hit Lebanon’s capital Beirut on 4 August. Lebanese officials said the blast was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate – a chemical compound used in agriculture as […]
Hezbollah’s bomb of choice is ammonium nitrate. The same substance that blew up a large section of Beirut last week was used by Hezbollah numerous times before against the US and around the world. The Isreali News source WorldIsraelNews.com reported this morning: The ammonium nitrate that blew up last week in Beirut was owned by the Hezbollah terror group that intended to use the material in a war against Israel, a top investigative reporter said Friday. The leader of the Iran-backed terrorist organization, Hassan Nasrallah, is the person at the top responsible for the material having been in Beirut’s port before […]
Massive protests took place in Beirut, Lebanon Saturday following the mega-blast earlier in the week that tore through Lebanon’s capital with the force of an earthquake. More than 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured after a warehouse exploded near the port in Beirut. On Saturday tens of thousands took to the streets in Beirut denouncing Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists and their leader Hassan Nasrallah. August 8—#Beirut, #LebanonThis video says it all. Protesters are furious over #Iran-backed Hezbollah bringing nothing but death & destruction to their country. Unconfirmed reports claim various Hezbollah officials have fled to Turkey & Syria. pic.twitter.com/xNmuURriBO — Heshmat […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. Al-Hadeth from […]
Human Rights Watch head Kenneth Roth was quick to join a social media chorus blaming Hezbollah for deadly explosions in Beirut on Tuesday. Perhaps realizing the claim lacked a shred of evidence, he soon deleted it. Roth rushed to blame Hezbollah for the huge explosions near the port of Beirut, blasts which killed at least 50 people and are believed to have wounded over 3,000 more. “Is this Hezbollah’s way of saying don’t mess with us for allegedly killing former Lebanese PM Hariri?” he asked in a tweet posted almost immediately after news of the explosions hit social media on Tuesday. […]
This was published 5 days ago as a warning. Today’s attack, confirmed, is Israel protected by Trump teaching helpless Lebanon a lesson. Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday instructed the IDF to bomb Lebanese infrastructure if Hezbollah harms IDF soldiers or Israeli civilians. A senior defense official told Yisrael Hayom that Gantz issued the order to prepare such a response during meetings on Thursday with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi and other members of the general staff. Tensions have rapidly escalated between Israel and the terrorist organization since the death of Hezbollah terrorist Ali Kamel Mohsen Jawad, along with two […]
A MASSIVE explosion rocked Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. As reported earlier by Cristina Laila The National News Agency reported that the explosion was at a warehouse for firecrackers near the port. A Powerful explosion has occured in Beirut. It’s not yet clear what caused the blast. #Beirut pic.twitter.com/h7ayT5DKdK — Sputnik Insight (@Sputnik_Insight) August 4, 2020 TRENDING: Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago But now there are conflicting reports including a report at Al-Hadeth that claims the massive explosion was a Hezbollah warehouse in Beirut for missiles from Iran. Al-Hadeth from […]
…from SouthFront The Middle East is rapidly moving towards a new round of confrontation between the US-Israeli bloc and Iranian-led Shiite forces. On July 26, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deployed M109 Doher howitzers near the separation line with Lebanon. The deployment of howitzers became the latest in a series of broad measures employed by the IDF near Lebanon recently. Earlier, the 13th “Gideon” Infantry Battalion of the IDF’s elite 1st “Golani” Brigade reinforced troops near the border. The number Israeli Hermes 450 drone reconnaissance flights also significantly increased over southern Lebanon. Additional IDF units were also deployed in the occupied […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106571/48/1065714877_0:104:2048:1256_1200x675_80_0_0_06f5f9ce74437354cd0f4b556f246d68.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202007201079933214-video-drone-taken-down-by-israel-on-sunday-was-reportedly-shooting-hezbollah-boy-band-clip/ The drone was said to have been filming a video clip of a music band, affiliated with Hezbollah, to celebrate the anniversary of the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War, that started on 12 July 2006 and lasted until 14 August of that year, with both sides claiming victory. On Sunday, the Israeli Defence Foces claimed they “took action” against what was described as “a drone infiltrating Israeli airspace from Lebanon“.However, according to the Lebanese National News Agency, the drone in question […]
JERUSALEM — In the first months of 2020, Israel found itself simultaneously facing several crises. With borders closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as a rising Iranian threat along Israel’s border, the Israel Defense Forces’ International Cooperation Division is playing a central role in building relations with the United States, NATO and neighboring states friendly to the country. As head of that division, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin has a unique view of how Israel’s “military diplomacy” is useful during a pandemic, in building trans-Atlantic relationships and for countering threats along the border. In a May 20 interview with Defense News, […]
The Iranian-backed militant group last clashed with Israeli forces in September 2019 following a retaliatory strike in northern Israel. Hezbollah has repeatedly warned that it is ready for a war with Israel but does not seek one. Hezbollah has threatened to bomb Israel with pinpoint accuracy using precision-guided missiles. A video released by the Lebanese militant group appears to show the coordinates of sensitive sites in Israel and the Palestinian territories that could be targeted in the event of an attack. It features a voice-over provided by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, saying that the group is able to bomb “very specific […]
Cryptocurrency does not appear to be a significant trend in terror financing in the Middle East, but a new round of U.S. sanctions aimed at Syria may tip the scales in favor of experimentation. On Wednesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said U.S. sanctions against his Syrian ally President Bashar al-Assad are an attempt to “starve” both Syria and Lebanon. Local black market activity related to global assets like dollars is surging, with Lebanese banks failing to meet that demand. “The Americans are pressuring the Bank of Lebanon to prevent it from putting enough dollars into the market,” Nasrallah said. To date, […]
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Usama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export goods and technology. Source link
The world’s worst terrorists, the Zionists, just forced their German puppets to ban the world’s foremost anti-terror group. -KB In this edition of The Debate, Press TV interviews Kevin Barrett, editor at Veterans Today from Madison and Michael Lane, political analyst from Washington DC to look at whether Germanys anti-Hezbollah decision was made as a result of US and Israeli pressure or it is to help US hegemonic plans for the region. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a Ph.D. Arabist-Islamologist, is one of America’s best-known critics of the War on Terror. He is host of TRUTH JIHAD RADIO; a hard driving […]