A day after allegations of Israeli strikes in Syria, speculation concerning the circumstances of the attacks point to an Israeli interception of a missile stockpile en route to Hezbollah terrorists. Syrian television claimed that the Israeli military hit targets near Damascus on December 8. The regime of Bashar al-Assad rushed...

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In response to a growing list of casualties in Syria and a significant decrease in funding by Iran, the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah has expanded its involvement in illegal businesses including arms and drug trafficking. According to a media investigation by conducted the Saudi newspaper Al-Watan (Arabic link), several senior...

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The Shiite support to the Houthi rebels in Yemen is continuing. The Saudi newspaper “Okaz” reported  (Arabic link) that senior military personnel from the Lebanese Hezbollah militia recently arrived in Yemen in order to help the rebels in their attempt to take over the country. Local tribal sources told the...

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Armed, trained and funded by Iran, the Shi’ite terrorist organization Hezbollah has modified some of the tactics that characterized its fight against Israel in its recent clashes with Syrian opposition groups, The Tower has learned from review of Arab media reports. Changes include a repositioning and fortification of bases, increased...

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Last weekend Bahrain concluded a successful first round of parliamentary and municipal elections with a high voter turnout, despite attempts by Iranian-backed Shi’ite movements to disrupt the polling. These were the first elections in Bahrain since a failed protest against the monarchy in 2011. Some Shi’ite movements called for a...

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While Iran already possesses the necessary materials for a nuclear bomb, any additional concessions would make the regime “a virtual nuclear power,”  which is why allowing negotiations to expire with “no significant change” in Iran’s demands is better than concluding a bad deal, José María Aznar, the former premier of Spain...

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Iranian sources have revealed that Iran supplied the terrorist organization Hezbollah with a new missile containing a large warhead that it claims can reach the Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel, the Ya-Libnan news site reported at the weekend, citing an Iranian news agency. The FARS news agency, which is affiliated with the...

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Arab media sources are reporting on tensions between Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the two key allies of Iran in the Middle East. Sources close to Hezbollah admitted that the organization is suffering from “difficult days” in its war in Syria against local opposition groups attempting to overthrow Assad. According...

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In remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Saturday, United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel described the global posture of the United States: Today our military has nearly 400,000 personnel stationed or forward-deployed in nearly 100 countries around the world, from Afghanistan to the Philippines to Guatemala. This continued forward...

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According to an Iranian general, Hamas and Hezbollah both possess arsenals that “are able now to attack all targets from southern to northern parts of [Israel],” according to a report Wednesday in The Times of Israel. Citing Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, the Times quoted  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier...

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