Despite Hezbollah’s declarations throughout the war, the terrorist organization has agreed to drop its demands and is ready to withdraw beyond the Litani River, Lebanon’s MTV website, which is associated with Hezbollah opponents, reported Wednesday night. The report indicated that Hezbollah agreed to establish a demilitarized zone, with all its weapons to be moved…
Hezbollah’s new leader Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that the group would agree to a ceasefire with Israel under acceptable terms, but added that a viable deal has yet to be presented. Qassem, who was named Hezbollah secretary general on Tuesday, did not explicitly link a Lebanon ceasefire to an end to fighting in Gaza,…
Hezbollah’s new secretary-general is Naim Qassem, the longtime number two to the late Hassan Nasrallah who was assassinated by Israel on September 27. Hezbollah announced the appointment on Tuesday via its Telegram channel. Who is Naim Qassem? Qassem has a long history in Shia political activism and has been deputy secretary-general of Hezbollah since 1991…
Less than a month after Israel killed Hezbollah’s long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese armed group has named Sheikh Naim Qassem as its new chief. The 71-year-old Shiite Muslim cleric, who has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed organisation for more than 30 years, fills what many observers have called a power vacuum. Since…
Israel’s military has again bombed residential buildings in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing at least 19 Palestinians, as civilians in the besieged northern town searched for survivors in the aftermath of an earlier Israeli raid that killed nearly 100 people. The latest Israeli bombing, late on Tuesday night, hit several homes belonging to the Al Louh…
Text size Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday the appointment of Naim Qassem to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah chief would “strengthen” the resistance. Pezeshkian expressed confidence that Qassem’s appointment “will strengthen the will of the resistance”, while hoping for “the cessation of aggression by the illegal Zionist regime (Israel) and the establishment of…
Hezbollah on Tuesday named Naim Qassem as its chief after longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed. Qassem, a founding member of Hezbollah, was has been its deputy for more than 30 years. He has published books, ran a now-deleted YouTube channel, and gave interviews to NBC News. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics…
Israel’s assaultBloomberg Terminal on Iran early Saturday, coordinated with Washington and limited to missile and air defense sites, was more restrained than many expected and may help diplomatic efforts to return hostages and limit the combat in both Lebanon and Gaza. Israel held off until US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Washington from…
At least three journalists were killed Friday morning by an Israeli air strike in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s health ministry and local media have reported that several others were also wounded by the strike, which they have said took place early on Friday morning as the journalists slept in a guesthouse traditionally used by media…
Amid the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, there is one notable casualty: the nuclear non-proliferation movement. Over the last few years, conflicts in both regions have been shaped by the fact that Russia and Israel possess nuclear weapons but their adversaries in the immediate neighbourhood do not. Russian President Vladimir Putin has used…