A high-profile speech by Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem this evening produced few surprises, as he reiterated backing for the terms of this summer’s US-Iran deal, support for UN Resolution 1701, but rejection of this summer’s tripartite deals between the US, Israel and...
Heavy Shelling Reported Across South Lebanon as Olive Season Nears End
As is true most days, multiple areas of southern Lebanon have reported being under sustained heavy artillery fire from Israeli forces. Multiple towns and villages seem to be primary targets, including in the Tyre and Nabatieh Districts. This is a problem in any...
Lebanese Druze Figure Defiant After Denunciation by US State Dept
Influential Druze leader and longtime Lebanese political figure Walid Jumblatt may be retired, officially, but that didn’t stop him from opining of the ongoing Israeli invasion and occupation of his country, and it quickly because an issue for the US State Department....
Lebanese Officials Claim Iran Helping Hezbollah Prepare for ‘New’ Israel War
Despite myriad rounds of US-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon yielding effectively no pledges for Israel to stop attacking or ever withdraw from occupied southern Lebanon, Lebanese officials, incredibly, are continuing to try to frame the active invasion...
Israel Steps Up Lebanon Strikes, Masses Troops Along Border
The weekend saw heavy Israeli artillery shelling and drone overflights across Lebanon, with growing concerns that the ongoing war, already seeing a scaling up of daily strikes, is about to see another substantial Israel escalation. Shelling was reported in Tyre...
As Talks End, Israel Again Steps Up Strikes Against Southern, Eastern Lebanon
Two days of negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Florida has concluded without any meaningful deal. Given how little the last seven deals between the two sides actually accomplished, the fact they weren’t able to come to even a token agreement is really saying...
Israeli Strikes Continue to Pound Southern Lebanon, Nabatieh al-Fawqa Hit
Israeli forces continued to carry out heavy airstrikes against southern Lebanon today, with locals reporting airstrikes, drone strikes, and artillery shelling across the region, with attacks reported as far north as Nabatieh al-Fawqa, a town that has repeatedly come...
Israeli Defense Minister Accuses Lebanon Army of Negligence, Dials Up Threats
A week before the Israeli elections, their assorted offensive wars are becoming a particularly important issue, and high ranking figures are attaching themselves to various hawkish narratives, particularly as related to the ongoing invasion and occupation of southern...
Israeli Defense Minister Katz Says Over 60 Lebanon Villages Have Been Destroyed
Last week, the New York Times released the results of its investigation into the ongoing Israeli invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon and found that some 48 towns and villages had been destroyed by IDF forces. Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a weekend...
In Southern Lebanon, Israeli Troops Strictly Limit Olive Harvest, Expel Workers
Starting in late September, the annual olive harvest is an economically important part of life for residents of many southern Lebanese towns and villages in the Autumn. This year, however, they’re finding themselves under serious limitations by the new Israeli...


