Franklin Lamb
According to the ceasefire, Hezbollah is not allowed to have a presence in southern Lebanon, nor is it allowed to store or move weapons there, even if it is not planning on imminently using them. “These activities of the Hezbollah terrorist organization are in violation of the understandings ...
At 9,232 feet above sea level, I looked down onSyria, Lebanon, and Israel all at the same time. But when I was looking down on Tuesday, I was looking down from the Syrian peak of Mount Hermon, which is far above the 6,690-foot peak of the IsraeliHermonthat I have been on a fe...
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AEI's Danielle Pletka and Marc Thiessen address the foreign policy questions we're all asking in their podcast, What the Hell Is Going On?
What is the situation on the ground? In just over a week, Syrian rebel forces seized much of Syria’s northwest from the government in a fast-moving attack. First, the rebels seized Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, then days later blazed through Hama ...
Below is a look at what's going on, the background to the long-simmering tension between Israel and Hezbollah, and the risks for the region and the world. What's happening now along the Lebanon-Israel border? U.S. officials have pushed Israel for months to contain its engagement with He...
With no major response byHezbollah, yet, Israel will calculate the risk paid off, but it raised the stakes and another event like that could lead to war on another Israeli frontier. Israel says it is determined to push Hezbollah forces in Lebanon back past the Litani River and wi...
Related articleLebanon’s wave of pager explosions is a message to Hezbollah “Shut it off, bury it, put it in an iron chest and lock it up,” he said in February. “The collaborator (with the Israelis) is the cell phone in your hands, and those of your wife and ...
“CNN This Morning” that conversations between Israeli and US officials ahead of the expected Israeli move into southern Lebanon were “pretty tense … especially at the upper levels.” He added: “The key thing to keep in mind is that Israel has basically deliberately kept the ...