An American embassy official told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the United States has provided the Lebanese military with $25 million in aid. Providing armed assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is longstanding American policy: according to the official, “In 2014 alone, the United States provided over $100 million to...

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Prominent Lebanese politicians have criticized Hezbollah after the Iran-backed terror organization fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli army convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding seven others. Samir Geagea, a leader of the anti-Hezbollah March 14 movement, today charged that”Hezbollah is more and more expanding its regional schemes against the Lebanese state.” The Daily...

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Two Israeli soldiers were confirmed dead and seven wounded after terrorists in Lebanon fired an anti-tank missile that hit a military vehicle on the border with Israel, the IDF confirmed. Israel responded to the cross-border attack with artillery fire and a warning to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, which claimed responsibility for the...

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A Twitter account attributed to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claims to show Iranian soldiers in Lebanon near the border with Israel, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported on Friday. In the tweet, published last week, the faces of the soldiers were obscured, but they had been...

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An analysis published this week in Haaretz indicates that Hezbollah is using Iranian and Syrian assistance to build up its terror infrastructure in the Golan Heights, a move that is likely to deepen concerns that the Iranian-backed organization is positioning itself for a dramatic escalation at in the region at...

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Iranian Parliament Chairman Ali Larijani arrived in Lebanon on Monday, the second stop on a three-country tour – Syria and Iraq are the other two destinations – amid growing concerns from the Sunni world and boasts from Tehran that have the Iranians controlling four Arab capitals. Larijani, meeting with Lebanese...

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Armed, trained and funded by Iran, the Shi’ite terrorist organization Hezbollah has modified some of the tactics that characterized its fight against Israel in its recent clashes with Syrian opposition groups, The Tower has learned from review of Arab media reports. Changes include a repositioning and fortification of bases, increased...

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Iranian sources have revealed that Iran supplied the terrorist organization Hezbollah with a new missile containing a large warhead that it claims can reach the Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel, the Ya-Libnan news site reported at the weekend, citing an Iranian news agency. The FARS news agency, which is affiliated with the...

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In 2009, at the beginning of his first term in office, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would be seeking to “directly engage” with Iran. Nonetheless, Obama acknowledged that Iran’s “actions over many years now have been unhelpful when it comes to promoting peace and prosperity both in the region and...

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A special report in Reuters today (.pdf) documents the extensive ties three leading Iraqi Shiite militias—Asaib Ahl al-Haq, the Badr Brigades, and Kataib Hezbollah—have with Iran. Reuters describe the militias as being “instrumental” in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Aside from bordering Iraq, “Iran’s population is overwhelmingly...

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