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Tag: Lebanese Hezbollah

A Hezbollah fighter on patrol in an orange orchard near the town of Naqura on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 20. مقاتل بحزب الله يقوم بالحراسة بجانب مدينة ناقورة على الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية في 20 إبريل/نيسان.Photo: AFP
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s undercover diplomatic offensive bears fruit

by Abdiel Lawrence September 14, 2020September 14, 2020

As the United Arab Emirates prepares to become the third Arab state to establish relations with Israel on September 15, there is a growing consensus among some Persian Gulf states that Iran and Turkey, not Israel, are the biggest threats to their security. Paradoxically, Iranian and Turkish behavior may push the Gulf states closer to […]

A man carries a child rescued from rubble after Syrian regime and Russian air strikes in the rebel-held town of Nawa, 30km north of Daraa in southern Syria on June 26. Syria's army launched an assault on Daraa on Tuesday, after a week of bombardment on the nearby countryside caused mass displacement. Photo: AFP/ Ahmad al-Msalam
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Cauldron in Syria’s southwest traps thousands

by Jonathan Gorvett June 29, 2018February 18, 2020

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