US envoy Tom Barrack has had more than a few unusual exchanges in the course of his visits to Lebanon, but today seemed to spark a higher level of annoyance among the locals by lashing out at the press conference he was attending and berating the reporters as...
Last week, US officials requested that Israel stop attacking Lebanon, as is required under the November ceasefire. It appears they’re not doing that, but beyond previously being involved in a proposal to create a depopulated “Trump zone” in southern Lebanon, Israel is...
On Thursday, Israel launched a number of airstrikes against southern Lebanon. As they so often do, the IDF claimed they were attacking “Hezbollah infrastructure” in the attacks, a claim reported without scrutiny by Israeli media outlets. The reports suggest that the...
Last month, US envoy Tom Barrack insisted the US had no business asking Israel to stop attacking Lebanon. In keeping with Barrack’s ongoing inconsistency, he today insisted that Israel should comply with the ceasefire, withdraw from Lebanon and stop attacking them. “I...
Tensions are mounting over the weekend as Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem reiterated his position that Hezbollah will not disarm as ordered by the government, accusing the government of “handing” the nation to Israel with a disarmament order that doesn’t necessarily...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri met with visiting Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani today, and it was something of an awkward exchange, leading to Aoun warning Larijani that no group within Lebanon is allowed to bear arms...
At least six weapons experts from the Lebanese Army were killed, and an unspecified number of others were wounded Saturday on the outskirts of the town of Zebqine, when the weapons cache they were in the process of inspecting and dismantling exploded. It was one of...
After weeks of US demands and conflicting narratives about what is actually being proposed, the Lebanese cabinet has accepted the US proposal to fully disarm Hezbollah by year’s end. Hezbollah ministers as well as other Shi’ites walked out of the cabinet vote. The US...
Late in the evening and into the night on Wednesday, Israel carried out a large number of airstrikes against southern Lebanon, targeting Touline, Deir Siriane, Zoutar and al-Qantarah. At least one fatality has been confirmed so far, and three people wounded. The toll...
Yesterday, the Lebanese cabinet met to discuss the US demands that they impose a disarmament on Hezbollah by November. The exact order to disarm wasn’t agreed to, but they did agree to charge the Lebanese Army with drawing up plans to disarm everyone in the country by...
