Hezbollah is attempting to move advanced weapons into civilian areas in Lebanon in preparation for another conflict with Israel. The Iran-backed terror group has an extensive, video-documented history of exploiting Lebanese civilians, and during its 2006 war with Israel successfully created incidents in which human shields were endangered and killed....

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Russian officials have reiterated today Moscow’s intention to deliver advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria. The U.S. and its allies have long urged Russia to forgo the planned transfer, fearing among other things that the missiles would deeply complicate any future Western intervention against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Russia has...

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Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut was struck by two missiles on Sunday in the aftermath of a fiery speech by Hassan Nasrallah. The Hezbollah chief committed the Iran-backed terror group to bringing victory to the embattled Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. The New Yorker described Nasrallah’s speech as the formal declaration...

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After having been told by President Barack Obama to rein in Hezbollah, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman blasted the group late last week for dragging Lebanon into the Syrian conflict: “The resistance is more noble and more important than anything, and should not get bogged down in the sands of dissension,...

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Observers are calling attention to additional dimensions of a speech given Wednesday by Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel. Eshel’s statements received wide attention for his evaluation that Russia would soon provide advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Syria, undermining any future Western efforts to degrade the Bashar al-Assad regime. If...

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Clashes between pro-Assad and anti-Assad forces in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli have left at least 16 dead since Sunday. The casualties include both combatants and non-combatants: Security sources identified Abed Sankari and Fawzi Hawshar as the latest fatalities from the overnight fighting, raising the death toll from the...

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Israel will hold its seventh annual “Turning Point” civil defense drill next week. Israeli civilians face a unique security environment. When under missile attack by Iranian proxies in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, the most time any Israeli civilian anywhere in the country has to reach a shelter is three...

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Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel warned today that Syria will soon receive advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. The warning comes after one that Israeli officials reportedly conveyed privately to their American counterparts two weeks ago. Israeli media had already disclosed that Syrian soldiers had completed two months of training on...

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The Bashar al-Assad regime today claimed responsibility for firing on and destroying an IDF army jeep. The claim that the jeep had been destroyed was false. The claim of gunfire was absolutely real – the patrol vehicle was damaged by bullets – and was the third recent incident of cross-border...

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The White House is emphasizing President Barack Obama’s concern over Hezbollah’s growing role in Syria, where the Iran-backed terror group is proving critical in an ongoing counter-offensive being waged by the Bashar al-Assad regime. The President conveyed those concerns to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman: The two leaders agreed that all...

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