A top leader of the Lebanese Shi’a militia Hezbollah criticized the Arab League after the body designated them as a terrorist organization, saying that the move was part of a Saudi “declaration of aggression.” “Saudi Arabia is trying to affirm that Hezbollah is a terrorist group in all the forums that allow it...

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The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah warned that fighting during a future war with Israel “will reach the Galilee,” Israel Hayom reported on Sunday, citing Foreign Policy. “In the next war, Hezbollah won’t stay on the borders, and the Israeli settlements in the north will not be protected from this,” said a...

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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) labeled the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah a terrorist organization on Wednesday. The move comes on the heels of Saudi Arabia’s decision to halt $4 billion in military aid to Lebanon due to its domination by Iran through Hezbollah, as well as Saudi government warnings to...

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that Iran is establishing a global terror network that includes sleeper cells capable of carrying out attacks in Europe and the United States, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. “The Iranian regime through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps is building a complex terror infrastructure including...

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Saudi Arabia halted $4 billion in military and security aid to Lebanon on Friday over what it called “the seizure…of the state administration” by the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah. Lebanese Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi resigned his post two days later in protest of Hezbollah’s influence, stating that “there is an armed party that is...

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Lebanon’s Minister of Justice resigned Sunday out of frustration over Hezbollah’s control of the government, which has harmed the country’s relations with Sunni Arab countries. Ashraf Rifi’s resignation came days after Saudi Arabia cancelled a $4 billion military aid deal. The Saudi decision followed Lebanon’s refusal to back Saudi Arabia in its conflict with Iran, which...

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One of the founders of Hezbollah has strongly criticized the Iran-backed Lebanese terror organization for its participation in the Syrian civil war, saying that doing so was serving the interests of Tehran and “the Russian conqueror” rather than the Lebanese people. Subhi al-Tufayli, Hezbollah’s first secretary-general, made his remarks to...

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The use of Shi’ite militias from across the Middle East to boost the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is the latest example of how Iran uses “Shiite proxies to bolster its reach and influence” across the region, The Wall Street Journal reported (Google link) Wednesday. Fighters from Hezbollah, Iran’s...

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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated in a speech on Tuesday that the Iran-backed terror organization he leads now has the ability to cause damage in Israel equivalent to a nuclear bomb detonation, killing tens of thousands. Nasrallah claimed that Hezbollah wasn’t seeking war with Israel, but said that the terror group’s missiles...

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Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled from Aleppo after the city was nearly encircled by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Iranian troops and hundreds of Russian air strikes. “The Russian cover continues night and day, there were more than 250 air strikes on this area in one...

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