BEIRUT, LEBANON — On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, Iran-aligned Hezbollah announced the appointment of Naeem Qassem as its new Secretary-General, succeeding Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on September 27. Prior to Nasrallah's death, Qassem served...
The recent Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah commander Bassel Shukr has brought renewed attention to his activities in Yemen. A previously unseen photograph, published by Yemeni journalist Adnan Al-Jabarni, depicts Shukr in Yemen, commanding Houthi fighters. The image, reportedly taken in 20...
On Sunday, October 6, 2024, The Washington Post detailed a covert operation by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, which involved selling bomb-laden “pager” devices to members of Hezbollah through a complex network of intermediaries. The operation has been described as "unpreceden...
Following the announcement of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death in an Israeli attack in Beirut's southern suburbs last Friday, questions have arisen regarding the implications for Iranian-aligned factions in the region. Over the past three decades, Nasrallah emerged as a key fig...
A special report by the Financial Times on October 1, 2024, reveals that Israel has successfully carried out precise assassination operations targeting senior leaders of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, attributed to "high-quality intelligence." According to sources familiar ...
On September 30, 2024, Naeem Qassem, the Deputy Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, suggested that he may be appointed as the party’s new leader following the death of Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday, along with four others, including a deputy c...
Israel has added Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political bureau, and Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, to a growing list of high-profile targets eliminated through precise strikes in recent weeks. These unprecedented operations have raised numerous questions about how...
On Sunday, September 29, 2024, the Israeli military announced the names of four Hezbollah leaders among the twenty killed in airstrikes targeting the party's headquarters in Haret Hreik, a suburb of Beirut, on Friday. Israeli Army spokesperson Avichai Adraee shared the names on X, stating t...
A Lebanese security source reported that Israel received intelligence from an Iranian source on Friday afternoon regarding the anticipated arrival of Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, at the party's headquarters in the southern suburbs of Beirut. According to the French n...
Muhammad Ali Al-Husseini, Secretary-General of the Arab Islamic Council, revealed on Saturday that he had urged Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to write his will just a week prior to his assassination. This warning came after Al-Husseini learned of specific intelligence being shared with an inte...
After a silence that lasted hours, Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese group, announced on the evening of Saturday, September 28, 2024, the death of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, following Israeli airstrikes on the group's strongholds in southern Lebanon. The announcement came...
On September 27, 2024, a senior Iranian security official told Reuters that Tehran is verifying the status of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah following an Israeli airstrike that targeted him in Beirut's southern suburbs. Meanwhile, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that Nasrallah is &qu...
The Iran-aligned Lebanese group Hezbollah announced on Saturday the death of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, just hours after Israeli forces claimed to have successfully carried out an operation to assassinate him. This announcement comes on the fourth day of targeted Israeli airstrike...
Following the official confirmation of Hassan Nasrallah's death in an Israeli airstrike on southern Beirut, speculation is swirling regarding his potential successor at the helm of Hezbollah. According to sources within the organization, Hashim Safi al-Din is the frontrunner to take over le...
In his first remarks regarding the recent developments in Lebanon, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei refrained from addressing the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Instead, he described Israel as "far too weak to inflict substantial damage on Hezbollah's structure." O...
BEIRUT, LEBANON – Hezbollah confirmed the death of its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah, on Saturday, September 28, 2024, shortly after Israel announced his death in a Friday airstrike targeting the group's central command in Beirut's southern suburbs. The Israeli military had ...
On September 28, 2024, the Israeli military announced the death of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and several other leaders following airstrikes that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday. Israeli Defense Forces spokesman Avichai Adraee stated that the military eliminat...