Middle Orient

Walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in a second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 wounded in the …

Introduction It appears that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the Iranian leadership are headed towards tactical dialogue with the West, with the aim of accomplishing the regime’s strategic goals. These goals include: a) improving Iran’s economy by getting the Western sanctions lifted and advancing massive investment in the Iranian …

Latest Developments Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah admitted in a televised speech on September 19 that the Iran-backed terrorist organization has suffered a “major and unprecedented blow” during a week in which thousands of communications devices carried by its operatives detonated without warning. Speaking from an undisclosed location, Nasrallah said that …

ISIS carried out at least 19 confirmed attacks in August in the Homs, Raqqa, and Deir Ez Zor governorates. These attacks killed at least 12 pro-Assad regime soldiers and seven civilians and wounded at least 25 others. There were also six high quality* attacks carried out during the month. The …

Israel simultaneously detonated thousands of pagers used by Lebanese Hezbollah members across Lebanon and Syria on September 17.[1] Lebanese officials reported that around 2,800 individuals were injured, though some reports suggest that the number is closer to 4,000, most of whom are Hezbollah members.[2] The attack also injured the Iranian …

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 65 attacks on military and civilian targets in Israel, including towns and villages which were attacked for the first time since the beginning of hostilities on October 8, 2023. Three IDF soldiers were injured, one of them in the reserves, and property damage …

Israel has targeted Hezbollah members with pagers rigged with explosives. The New Arab looks into whether this violated international law? Israel’s attack against Hezbollah on Tuesday, which saw thousands of rigged pagers explode, resulting in at least 11 deaths and around 4,000 wounded, has seen international condemnation. Included in these …

A US official told Al Arabiya English that the US military and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed four ISIS operatives in a joint raid in Syria on Sunday. “ISIS remains a threat to the region, allies, as well as our homeland,” the official said. The official added that the operation …

Israeli officials have spoken repeatedly about an imminent military campaign against Lebanon, but things are more complicated. Evidently, we’re back to the point where Israel is threatening to embark on a major military operation in Lebanon. This could be the real thing, or it could be, once again, an effort …

Latest Developments Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah terrorists exploded across Lebanon on September 18, one day after thousands of pagers carried by the Iran-backed organization’s operatives similarly detonated, plunging Israel’s northern neighbor into disarray. Lebanon’s state news agency reported that three people were killed in the Bekaa Valley region, while …