Category: Hezbollah

China, Russia Seeking to Subvert the US-Led Middle East Order: Expert

By brokering peace deals in the Middle East, China and Russia seek to subvert the American-led Middle East order, according to Brandon Weichert, author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.” On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they would resume diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China. Shortly after, Russia brokered a separate…


China, Russia Seek to Subvert the US-Led Middle East Order: Expert

By brokering peace deals in the Middle East, China and Russia seek to subvert the American-led Middle East order, according to Brandon Weichert, author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.” On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they would resume diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China. Shortly after, Russia brokered a separate…


Syria Says Israeli Airstrikes Hit Buildings in Damascus, At Least 5 Dead

Airstrikes from Israel that hit a neighborhood in Syria’s Damascus known to have heavily-guarded Iranian installations have killed at least five people, according to Syrian state news. Syrian state media agency SANA reported, citing a military source, that Israel had carried out airstrikes targeting several areas in Syria’s capital shortly after midnight on Sunday morning. Loud explosions…


Lebanon’s President Aoun: ‘Imperative Cabinet Meets’ as Hezbollah Continues to Block Assemblies

Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Monday appeared to criticize ally Hezbollah for blocking the country’s cabinet meetings for the past two months, which have further added to ongoing economic woes plaguing the country. The country’s government was formed in September 2020 amid financial troubles following the devastating explosion at the Beirut port in August 2020. The government of 24 ministries…


Far Right Group The Base and Hezbollah to be Added to Australian Terror List

A neo-Nazi group dubbed the Base will be listed as a terrorist organisation in Australia alongside the entirety of the Islamist Hezbollah party. Hezbollah’s external security branch has been listed as a terrorist organisation since 2003. Now, the government will extend that classification to the entire group. Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews on Wednesday condemned…


Deadly Shooting Rocks Beirut as Tensions Over Blast Probe Erupt

BEIRUT—Six Shi’ites were shot dead in Beirut on Thursday, in an attack on supporters of Hezbollah and its ally who were gathering to demand the removal of the judge investigating the explosion that ripped through the city’s port last year. The shooting, which took place on a front-line of Lebanon’s 1975–90 civil war and evoked…


Free World Now Dealing With a ‘New Axis of Evil’, Allen West Warns

Threats to the national security of the United States are higher than they have been in 20 years, thanks to a new “Axis of Evil” comprising of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Islamic terrorism, according to Lieutenant Colonel Allen West. Speaking to NTD at the Conservative Minority Conference at Dallas in September, West, who is a combat veteran…


US and Qatar Sanction Iran-backed Hezbollah Financial Network

The U.S. Treasury Department and Qatar have issued joint sanctions on members of the networks that finance the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. In a statement on Sept. 29, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Andrea M. Gacki said Hezbollah had “abus[ed] the international financial system by developing global networks of financiers to fill its coffers…


US Sanctions Iran Hezbollah Linked Chinese Companies

The United States Department of the Treasury on Sept. 17 sanctioned several Chinese entities and individuals based in China for financing Iran-related terrorist activities. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department posted on its website Friday that it is imposing sanctions on members of the networks that finance terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon and…


Israeli Prime Minister: Lebanon Responsible for Attacks, Hezbollah or Not

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel’s prime minister said Sunday he holds the Lebanese government responsible for rocket fire launched from its territory, whether the Hezbollah terrorist group launched the weapons or not. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s comments came days after one of the heaviest flareups in violence between Israel and Hezbollah in several years and indicated Israel…