Hezbollah – Page 8 – Asia Times

Iranian youths sit under a large picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a park in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iran vs Israel: the allies who became enemies

by Nicos Panayiotides May 21, 2018

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet. Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Israel conducts airstrike west of Damascus: Report

by Asia Times staff May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A man gestures as he drives a car with the picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on it, on election day in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: Reuters/Aziz Taher

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Hezbollah in shock election win, gets control of Lebanese parliament

by Sami Moubayed May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia aims to sway Lebanon elections

by Sami Moubayed April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Worldwide Threats' on Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Pompeo’s rise ups odds of Middle East war

by Gregory Aftandilian March 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

A file shot from Sept 2010 showing Lebanese women walking along the Beirut Corniche late in the afternoon. Photo: iStock

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

111 women running in May election but Lebanon cool on female politicians

by Sami Moubayed March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

UN soldiers look out on a post at Mount Avital, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Israel repeats past mistakes as it creates buffer zone in Syria

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanon's Energy Minister, Cesar Abi Khalil (second right), exchanges contracts with Stephane Michel, Total's head of exploration and production in the Middle East and North Africa during a signing ceremony in Beirut on February 9. Photo: AFP/Anwar Amro

France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Lebanon willing to use force to resolve oil row with Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 20, 2018February 18, 2020

USA and Syrian flag in grunge and vintage style. Photo: iStock

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Ending America’s disastrous role in Syria

by Jeffrey D. Sachs February 19, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Sputnik / Alexei Druzhinin / Kremlin via Reuters

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

US keen on Russia distancing itself from Iran’s Syrian ambitions

by David P. Goldman February 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A Patriot missile launcher near the Israeli city of Eila. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

Afghanistan, Chengdu, China, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Taiwan, World

Iran’s stealth drone was shot down in a new way

by Stephen Bryen February 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Israeli security personnel inspects fragments of a Syrian anti-aircraft missile found in Alonei Abba, about two miles from where the remains of a crashed F-16 Israeli war plane were found in the village of Alonei Abba, in Israel, on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Vietnam, World

Plane’s downing sends message to Iran as well as Israel

by Sami Moubayed February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Israeli security forces walk next to the remains of an F-16 Israeli war plane near the Israeli village of Harduf, Israel on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Herzie Shapira

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Downing of fighter jet damages Israel’s strategic position

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim February 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Steven Spielberg poses on the red carpet before the European premiere of the The Post, in London, on January 10, 2018. Photo: AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas

AT Finance, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Attempt to ban Spielberg film raises liberals’ fears in Lebanon

by Sami Moubayed January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranians march in support of the government near the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. Photo: AFP via Tasnim News

Iran, Middle East, Syria, World

Iran’s complex of crises catches up with the regime

by David P. Goldman January 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria, on December 11, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters

AT Finance, China, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

As guns fall silent, Russia to shape Syria’s political endgame

by Sami Moubayed December 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Syria

Why Trump’s statement has not led to violence in Jerusalem

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 19, 2017

US President Donald Trump and ‪Vice President Mike Pence‬ arrive for Trump to deliver remarks recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the White House, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Jonathan Ernst

Israel, Jordan, Middle East, World

With his Jerusalem play, Trump grasps a nettle others feared

by Sami Moubayed December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

by Norman A. Bailey December 6, 2017

In one of Reuters' pictures of the year for 2017, Kurdish fighters fire rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No takers yet for US ceasefire in Euphrates valley

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 5, 2017

Saad al-Hariri arrives in downtown Beirut to attend a military parade marking the 74th anniversary of Lebanon's independence on November 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Bahrain, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

‘Truce’: Syria, the Saudis and Hariri’s resignation U-turn

by Sami Moubayed November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, World

What are the Saudis really up to with Lebanese ‘hostage’ Hariri?

by Sami Moubayed November 12, 2017February 18, 2020

A man speaks on the phone as he walks past posters depicting Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal Al Nasser

China, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Trump backs purge of Saudi royal family – at a price

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets with former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 6, 2017. Photo: Saudi Press Agency / Handout via Reuters

Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia gets its first real government

by Spengler November 7, 2017November 8, 2017

Saad al-Hariri. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Win for Hezbollah as Saudi-backed Lebanese premier resigns

by Sami Moubayed November 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Hezbollah fighters plant Lebanese and Hezbollah flags at Juroud Arsal on the Syria-Lebanon border on July 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Azakir

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

US turns heat on old foe Hezbollah, slaps rewards on leaders

by Dave Clark October 11, 2017February 18, 2020

A girl looks out from a bullet-riddled bus in a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, in Syria, July 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Alaa Al-Faqir

China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Latest talks see US yield to Russia over southern Syria

by Sami Moubayed September 2, 2017February 18, 2020

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