Hamas is struggling to set a line – and remain silent in the meantime – as the crisis in Egypt plays out. The Iran-backed terror group is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, which until yesterday was in control of the Egyptian government, and the links have created tension between...

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Gulf states are again slamming Hezbollah over the Iran-backed terror group’s role in bolstering the regime of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad: In a meeting held in Manama over the weekend, ministers said Hezbollah’s continued involvement in Syria hindered holding another conference to restore peace. The attendees called for putting an...

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Sectarian tensions spilling across the border into Lebanon are threatening to undermine the country’s fragile institutions, with a top Sunni cleric this week accusing the country’s military of collaborating with the Iran-backed Shiite terror group Hezbollah against Lebanese Sunnis. “The Iranian scheme aims at sliding us into a confrontation with...

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There had been suggestions made by some foreign policy analysts suggesting that President-elect Hassan Rouhani’s election could “provide an opportunity” to productively engage Iran regarding the critical role being played by Tehran and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah in bolstering the regime. Iranian parliament member Ahmad Bakhshayesh made declarations this week that seem...

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Nigerian officials have leveled new terrorism charges against three Lebanese men accused of conducting terror-related activities in the African country on behalf of Hezbollah. The May arrests yielded a cache of advanced weapons, including rifles, anti-tank weapons, and an RPG Nigeria’s secret service outlined that the weapons were acquired by the...

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Gulf states are calling attention to the critical roles being played by Iran and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah in propping up the embattled Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal accusing the Shiite-backed regime of conducting a “genocide” against largely Sunni rebel forces. Speaking...

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Though recognized as a terrorist entity by among others the United States, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Israel, Hezbollah is allowed to operate freely in the European Union. The Iran-backed group has gone so far as to set up a network of mosques on German soil to fundraise: According to...

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Rarely does a day go by in Lebanon without funerals being held for Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria. For months the organization refused to explain how they died, instead settling for vague gestures toward “car accidents” and “mysterious deaths.” Then a month ago, in a speech recorded before a crowd...

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After pledging early Monday to “finish with” a Sunni sheikh who the army blames for stoking sectarian violence in the southern city of Sidon, the Lebanese army stormed the mosque where Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir was holed up with 200 to 300 of his followers. Assirr had vowed to stay barricaded...

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This weekend’s Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, after which Israel responded with airstrikes, can be traced to the war raging in Syria and, by extension, to Iran. The attack broke forty days of relative quiet. While Palestinians in Gaza have fired several rockets against Israel since Israel’s Operation Pillar of...

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