A new study by the Intelligence and Terrorism Center, which is part of the Israel Intelligence Heritage and Commemoration Center, estimates that at least a hundred Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the battles in Syria. The study draws its information from open sources, mainly the Arab media. It provides...

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Arab media outlets are waging a war of words against Hezbollah. The Iran-backed terror group has committed the group to battling on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime until it defeats the largely Sunni rebels who have been seeking the regime’s overthrow. The group was instrumental in the Syrian army’s successful campaign to wrest...

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The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held its thrice-yearly session Monday. As always, the body deliberated over its infamous Item 7 – the council’s permanent agenda item on Israel and the only one devoted to a specific country. As always, a convoy of some of the world’s worst human-rights abusers...

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Lebanese Christians have joined just about everybody else in the region in blasting Hezbollah for its role in the Syrian conflict, and for dragging Lebanon into the now two and a half year conflict. Veteran Lebanese politician Samir Geagea made the point a few weeks ago: The LF leader said...

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Hezbollah’s popularity in the Arab and Muslim world – already crumbling due to its critical role in helping the Bashar al-Assad regime expel rebels from the strategically critical city of Qusayr – is at risk of further erosion as Hezbollah-backed Syrian forces prepare to mount an offensive against Syria’s largest...

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Filipino officials disclosed Friday that the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was recommending that the Philippines withdraw its contribution of troops from the U.N. peacekeeping force (UNDOF) responsible for monitoring the border between Syria and Israel. The accouncement comes a few weeks after several Filipino troops stationed along the border...

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Syrian rebels Thursday morning seized control of the Syrian side of Quneitra border crossing, just a few hundred meters from Israeli territory on the Golan Heights. Later reports, however, indicated that the Syrian army had retaken the crossing. The battle for Quneitra raged on throughout the day. A high-level official...

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French and British officials have both announced that tests confirm the use of sarin gas by the Syrian government. France’s foreign minister appeared on French television and expressed “no doubt” over the results: “There is no doubt that it’s the regime and its accomplices” that are responsible for use of...

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Hezbollah and the Syrian army have reportedly completed their takeover of the strategically critical Syrian city of Qusayr. The claim was more or less confirmed by rebel sources. In recent months the city had served as a stronghold for opposition forces battling to bring down the Bashar al-Assad regime. Rebels first...

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In addition to damanging Hezbollah’s popularity across the Middle East, the Iran-backed terror group’s support for the Syrian regime is also more directly undercutting the pretexts that it uses for usurping Lebanese sovereignty and maintaining its arsenal of tens of thousands of weapons. Hezbollah has justified its military control of...

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