Failed peacekeeping: how the Irish UNIFIL troops favoured the PLO and Hizbullah… Read more
Islamists will intimidate anyone who let them intimidate… Continue reading
Lebanese society has had a remarkable ability to overcome deep-rooted sectarian and religious divides that could readily have imploded less problematic countries… Continue reading
Syrian Vice FM Miqdad flatly denying any Syrian role in the supply of weapons to Hizballah… Continue reading
It is important to underscore the rightful Palestinian efforts aiming at earning the recognition of the State of Palestine and its full membership to the United Nations… Continue reading
Israel Defense Intelligence officers described the smuggling routes from Iran into the Gaza Strip, arguing that Hamas is now more powerful than prior to Operation Cast Lead… Continue reading
Als er één positief aspect genoemd kan worden over Cablegate, zoals de gelekte documenten op WikiLeaks ook wel genoemd worden, dan is het wel dat de documenten onverbiddelijk de realiteit weergeven van het diplomatieke krachtenspel in het Midden Oosten… Lees verder
The Lebanese government and Hezbollah greeted the Israeli decision with suspicion. Some also said that it would be incomplete if Israel did not also withdraw from the Shebaa Farms… Continue reading
Israel’s security cabinet on Wednesday morning approved a plan to withdraw IDF troops from the northern part of Ghajar and to redeploy the troops on the Israeli side [south] of the ‘Blue Line’… Continue reading
Israel’s security cabinet is expected Wednesday to endorse a plan to unilaterally withdraw the IDF from the northern part of Ghajar, an area where the boundaries between Israel, Syria and Lebanon are in dispute. Approval of the plan… Continue reading
Syria has helped Hizbullah entrench itself in northern Lebanon with 40,000 long-range missiles and 10,000 militia men, increasing its war capability against Israel, the French daily Le Figaro reported Tuesday… Continue reading
Video footage of the aftermath of the explosion today in Al-Shahabiya, a village in southern Lebanon, shows smoke rising from a building. Hezbollah controls this area of Lebanon and the building… Continue reading
Iran expressed support of the Lebanese government’s firm stance over the incident between the Lebanese army and the IDF on August 3. Iran emphasized the role of Hezbollah and Hamas as the “defense lines” of the… Continue reading
History will record that Lebanon was integrated into the Iran-Syria empire in early August 2010. Here are some of the stories that mark that turning point, and also show how Western willingness to make concessions and… Continue reading
It is nearly impossible for UNIFIL to pressure peace on an unwilling Lebanon who is the proxy of the Iran-Syria alliance and… Continue reading
Letters of complaint from Israeli Ambassador Carmon, Chargé d’Affaires, ad interim, to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon regarding the attack by Lebanese Armed Forces on… Continue reading
Transcript and a link to an interview with UNIFIL advisor, Milos Struger and Israeli Army Radio. In the interview, Struger confirms that the IDF was below the Blue Line within Israeli territory… Continue reading
The Blue Line is an international border between Israel and Lebanon which was determined by the United Nations after the IDF withdrew from… Continue reading
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a warning to Israel’s enemies Wednesday evening, following a series of attacks on Israel on several fronts… Continue reading
Conclusive evidence shows that the Lebanese army staged a planned ambush on the IDF in Israeli territory and invited media to film the lethal attack on the IDF Tuesday… Continue reading
The UN Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted on 11 August 2006 after the Israel-Lebanon war 2006 against Hizballah, was meant to bring a more stable and secure situation on the Lebanon-Israel border… Continue reading
Israel views the firing from Lebanon on an Israel Defense Force patrol, which was operating along the Lebanese border in coordination with UNIFIL, as a severe violation of… Continue reading
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