Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election. Hezbollah, which heads an alliance of parties supported by Syria and Iran, said in a statement that its leadership, including the head of the militant party Hassan Nasrallah, met late on Friday and agreed...
Roee Nahmias An Egyptian prosecution team, appointed to handle a suspected terror cell set up in the country, demands putting Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at the top of the list of defendants in the affair, which includes 26 people, Egyptian newspaper al-Gomhuria reported Friday. During a discussion held at an Egyptian court, the defendants refused to accept the appointed Egyptian defense...
As part of his latest report on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has urged Hezbullah (whose leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is pictured at top left) to give up its weapons. The presence of weapons belonging to Hizbullah and other non-state organizations is a serious threat to Lebanese security, says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.In the
A Lot of International Playboys are giving Ponzi a Bad Name Retrieved by Pat Darnell from Cell Block One [ SOURCE ] "I i nherited $100,000 from my father to continue my studies. I invested them with Ezzeddine , and now all my dreams are destroyed," says Mohammad , a 25-year-old student from Maaroub. "I don't know what I was thinking when I invested with him. We thought he was Hizballah's...
Developing... ( Haaretz ) A senior official of the Hezbollah militant group was killed on Monday evening when an explosion rocked a house apparently serving as a munitions bunker in south Lebanon. Don't you just hate when that happens? At least five other people were killed in the blast, which took place in a three-story building in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi, on the southern bank...
By A. Millar Last week was al-Quds (or ‘Jerusalem’) Day. It sounds as if it could be an ancient religious festival. But it is not. This annual event – usually held on the last Friday of Ramadan – was founded by Ayatolla Khomeini, as a day to oppose the “usurper Israel.” Today it’s also an occasion for hardliners of all stripes, around the world, to celebrate...
HDEBKAfile Exclusive Analyis The day US president Barack Obama announced he was abandoning plans for a missile shield and radar position in Poland and the Czech Republic Thursday, Sept. 17, Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak was quoted as saying in a press interview: "Iran does not constitute an existential threat against Israel" and "I am not among those who believe Iran is an existential...
Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that his group did not want a war with Israel, but urged the country to preserve resistance. "Some Lebanese politicians are saying Israel may wage war on Lebanon, and this is possible, but we do not want this war," said Nasrallah in a televised speech during the commemoration of Al-Quds Day in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut...
Jerusalem Post: In a sign of continued Iranian efforts to solidify its control over Hizbullah, the Islamic Republic has deployed dozens of military officers in Lebanon to actively command Hizbullah fighting units, senior defense officials said this week. According to the officials, following the Second Lebanon War, Iran decided to step up its involvement in the Hizbullah decision-making process and...
"If the Holocaust you claim is correct, why do you reject any research about it?" he said in a speech before Friday prayers. "The Zionists are behind the ongoing wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan." State-controlled Iranian television showed thousands of demonstrators wearing traditional Arab scarves, holding posters of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and chanting "Death...
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah told the Iranian weekly Panjereh that during the 2006 Lebanon war Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that the Israeli attack was extensive and was planned in advance, and encouraged standing against it. ... September 17, 2009, 3:13 pm
Saad Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister-designate, resigns after Hezbollah-led opposition rejects proposed cabinet Lebanon entered a new chapter of political uncertainty today as prime minister-designate Sa'ad Hariri stepped down after the Hezbollah-led opposition rejected his proposed cabinet. Hariri had been trying since June to form a government but his efforts were foiled by disputes over the distribution...
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah rejected the prime minister-designate proposed cabinet line-up, saying Saad Hariri's move would further complicate the government problem. “I don't think that the method employed today takes Lebanon out of the government formation crisis. On the contrary, it further complicates the problem,” Sayyed Nasrallah said during an Iftar in Beirut...
Lebanese opposition Hezbollah rejected Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's list of cabinet lineup, saying it further complicates the resolution of cabinet formation crisis, local Ad-diyar newspaper reported Tuesday. "The opposition will unite in solidarity in order to confront this new, inappropriate measure taken by the prime minister-designate," the report quoted Hezbollah chief Sayyed...
It's turning into the biggest financial scandal to hit Lebanon in years, perpetrated by a businessman being dubbed the nation's Bernie Madoff. Now, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is weighing in on the topic amid allegations that Salah Ezzedine (pictured, at...
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