Tag: Lebanon

Israeli military strikes Hezbollah airstrip it accused Iran of building

Mike Brest · January 25, 2024 12:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

As Biden fears escalation, Houthis and Israel seize their divergent initiatives

Tom Rogan · January 4, 2024 6:13 pm

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah warns killing of Hamas official in Lebanon ‘will not go unanswered or unpunished’

Mike Brest · January 3, 2024 3:36 pm

Civil defense workers clean the street in front of an apartment building where an apparent Israeli strike Tuesday killed top Hamas political leader Saleh Arouri, in the southern suburb of Beirut that is a Hezbollah stronghold, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. The apparent Israeli strike that killed Hamas' No. 2 political leader, marking a potentially significant escalation of Israel's war against the militant group and heightening the risk of a wider Middle East conflict.

Beltway Confidential

What Israel’s Beirut strike tells us

Sean Durns · January 3, 2024 11:55 am

Middle East powder keg threatens to explode after Beirut Hamas strike and Iran blast

Mike Brest · January 3, 2024 11:28 am

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes on the outskirts of Khiam, a town near the Lebanese-Israeli border, seen from the town of Marjayoun, south Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.

Hamas deputy leader Saleh al Arouri killed in alleged Israeli strike in Lebanon

Mike Brest · January 2, 2024 4:00 pm

FILE - Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021.

Three hot spots to watch where war may break out in 2024

Brady Knox · January 2, 2024 6:00 am

Hezbollah fighters rise their group's flag and shout slogans, as they attend the funeral procession of Hezbollah fighter, Bilal Nemr Rmeiti, who was killed by Israeli shelling, during his funeral procession in Majadel village, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023.

Biden administration ‘concerned’ about report Israel used US-provided white phosphorus

Mike Brest · December 11, 2023 10:37 pm

Yoav Gallant (left), Benjamin Netanyahu (right)

Netanyahu threatens Hezbollah as concern of Israel opening second front in war heightens

Peter Cordi · December 7, 2023 6:07 pm

A Lebanese Army investigator collects forensic evidence outside the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, a northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

IDF issues rare apology over accidental killing of Lebanese Army soldier

Brady Knox · December 7, 2023 4:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

On Iran, this is the oversight that Congress must do

Danielle Pletka · November 14, 2023 11:58 am

Beltway Confidential

How US and Israeli interests divide against Hezbollah

Tom Rogan · November 13, 2023 9:43 pm