Tag: Hezbollah

IS fighters begin evacuating Lebanon border area

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Islamic State group fighters began evacuating a Syrian-Lebanese border region Monday under an unprecedented deal to end three years of jihadist presence there, Syrian state television and Hezbollah said. The evacuation comes a week into a Lebanese army campaign against the group on the Lebanese side of the border, coinciding with a joint Syrian army and Hezbollah offensive on neighbouring Syrian territory. Under the evacuation deal, several hundred jihadists and their […]

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Ceasefire reached on Lebanon-Syria border: reports

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Fighting between Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and a former Al-Qaeda affiliate on the Syria-Lebanon border halted Thursday after a ceasefire was reached, Lebanese media and Hezbollah outlets reported. The ceasefire comes a week after the powerful Shiite militant group launched an offensive against the jihadists in the mountainous Jurud Arsal border region. Hezbollah’s “War Media” outlet said “a ceasefire that began at 6:00 am (0300 GMT) is in effect on all the […]

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US accuses Lebanon’s Hezbollah of weapons buildup

  UNITED STATES (AFP) – US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah of amassing weapons and said the world must turn its attention to the actions of the powerful paramilitary organization. Haley met with UN envoy for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag ahead of a Security Council meeting Thursday focussing on the UN peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon. “Ambassador Haley expressed alarm over the build-up of weapons by Hezbollah, a situation that demands the […]

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On missile-hit warship, Israel readies for all threats

by Joe Dyke Agence France Presse ABOARD INS HANIT, Israel (AFP) — White specks appear on the horizon and a voice crackles over the radio with a warning: “The speed boat is acting independently.” Two boats on suicide bombing missions had been spotted on either side of the INS Hanit, one of the Israeli navy’s top warships. “We recognize the target. This is an immediate enemy,” a voice says in Hebrew over the loudspeaker. “Ready […]

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Bomb blast in central Beirut aimed at bank – minister

  (Reuters) A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Lebanese Blom Bank in central Beirut on Sunday, causing damage but no fatalities, the interior minister said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Lebanese banking sector has been at the centre of an escalating crisis since the United States passed a law requiring banks to take steps to target the finances of the armed Shi’ite political group Hezbollah. Lebanon’s central bank has pushed its […]

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Hezbollah announces death of top military commander in Syria

    BEIRUT , Lebanon (AFP) — Hezbollah on Friday announced the death of its military commander in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine. “He said a few months ago, ‘I will not come back from Syria, unless a martyr or carrying the flag of victory’. He is the top commander Mustafa Badreddine. And he came back today as a martyr,” the Shiite movement said in a statement carried by the Al-Manar TV channel. Hezbollah, along with Iran, is […]

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