In between heavy emphasis on drone advancements and diplomatic gambits on uranium enrichment, Iranian officials also used this year’s annual National Army Day to show off a variety of more familiar weapons and to level more routine threats against the West. Iranian army chief of staff Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi declared...

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As it does every year, Iran celebrated its National Army Day on April 18 with parades marked by military hardware and anti-Western rhetoric. This year’s festivities were particularly big on drones: Iranian media outlets reported that Iran unveiled four kinds of drones including radar-evading Sarir unmanned aerial vehicle, Azem 2, and...

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The Syrian opposition yesterday called on Lebanon to “exert control over its borders and put an immediate stop to Hezbollah’s military operations on Syrian territory.” Reports indicate that the Iran-backed terror group, having gone all-in on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime, recently poured thousands of fighters into Syria. “The Syrian National Coalition...

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Syria’s air force has again bombed Lebanese territory, this time hitting the Lebanese town of Arsal. The air strike marks the second time in 24 hours that forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime have targeted what they claim are areas used by Syrian opposition forces in Lebanon. Lebanese President Michel...

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Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, fresh off a two-week trip to the Middle East, has called on the European Union to designate Hezbollah, which he calls “a grave threat to security and stability in the Middle East and beyond.” Designating Hezbollah in Europe would severely impact the terror group’s fundraising...

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A bizarre series of leaks and hacks is threatening to reignite still-simmering anger over the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. There is an ongoing United Nations Special Tribunal preparing indictments related to the assassination, which is widely thought to have involved the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah...

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Bahrain’s cabinet has made the country the first Arab state to blacklist Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The move follows a recommendation issued last week from the Gulf nation’s parliament to do so. Bahrain has long claimed that the Iran-backed terror group foments instability inside the Gulf nation’s borders. In a secret...

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Two fighters from the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah were reportedly killed Monday in Syria near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Meanwhile, battles have been raging around the Syrian city of Homs for several days, and rebel forces claim that Hezbollah fighters have also been killed there. The news underscores the degree to which the Iran-backed...

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A Syrian jet carried out an air strike in Lebanon yesterday, flying 12 miles into Lebanese territory and firing a missile near the border town of Arsal. The incident is the latest in a series of strikes and counterstrikes that have seen Lebanon-based groups cross-fight in Syria and the Syrian...

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The head of Hezbollah’s executive council on Monday blasted the Obama administration for intervening in Lebanon’s affairs and sowing “crises” in the country: “We are to this day still working with all our might to ward off the specter of strife [hanging over] our country – a strife we have rejected...

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