ANALYSIS: What Is Iran Regime-Backed Hezbollah and What Is Its Role in Lebanon?
BEIRUT, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are facts about Hezbollah, the Lebanese group locked in a swiftly escalating conflict with Israel:
WHAT ARE HEZBOLLAH'S ORIGINS?
Iran's Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in 1982 during Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, part of Tehran's...
Israeli Military Launches Fresh Strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Israel's military began carrying out fresh strikes against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Monday after identifying that the Iran-backed group was preparing to attack Israel, the military spokesperson said.
Spokesperson Rear Admiral...
Israeli Troops Raid, Order Closure of Al Jazeera’s West Bank Bureau
By Andrew Mills
DOHA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Israeli forces raided the bureau of media network Al Jazeera in the West Bank city of Ramallah early on Sunday morning, issuing it with a military order to shut...
Hezbollah, Israel Exchange Heavy Fire After Deadly Israeli Strike
By Timour Azhari and Miro Maman
BEIRUT/HAIFA, Israel, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Israel and Hezbollah exchanged heavy fire into Sunday, with Israeli warplanes carrying out the most intense bombardment in almost a year of conflict across Lebanon's...
UN Urges States to Use Sway Now Over Israel, Hezbollah to Avoid War
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A top United Nations official on Friday urged all countries with influence over Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah "to leverage it now" to avoid an escalation of...
Killed Hezbollah Commander Aqil Was Wanted for Deadly 1983 US Embassy, Marine Blasts
BEIRUT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah operations commander killed in an Israeli strike on Friday, had a $7 million bounty on his head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than...
Which Hezbollah and Hamas Leaders Have Been Assassinated?
By Jana Choukeir
Sept 20 (Reuters) - Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday, the Israeli military and security sources in Lebanon said, escalating a year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed...
Top Hezbollah Commander Among 12 Killed in Israeli Strike on Beirut
By Laila Bassam and Maayan Lubell
BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with...
EXCLUSIVE -Hezbollah Handed out Pagers Hours Before Blasts – Even After Checks
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily
BEIRUT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands of the devices blew up this week, two security sources said, indicating the...
UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon Urge Immediate De-escalation
BEIRUT, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon urged de-escalation on Friday after a big increase in hostilities at the Lebanese-Israeli border, where Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire...
