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Lebanon's Hezbollah secretary-general says armed resistance led to the end of the "Greater Israel" project.

The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria.

BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah appealed for calm Tuesday after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighboring Syria....

GOP lawmakers demand answers from Obama administration for the handling of Ali Musa Daqduq, a purported Hezbollah leader tied to the killings of US soldiers who's now set to be released in Iraq. Intelligence Officials Unveil Model of Bin Laden Compound Used to Plan RaidPHOTOS: Model of Compound GOP Rep Wants Copy of Report on Awlaki Emails With Alleged Fort Hood Shooter...

Lebanon’s Hezbollah may not want a new war with Israel, but an order to attack would come from Tehran in the event of a strike on Iran, a senior military official in Israel’s northern command told AFP

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In Beirut speech, Hezbollah leader also says his movement can accurately hit targets throughout Israel in case of war.

A suspected Hezbollah militant accused of masterminding the killing of Americans in Iraq has been cleared of all charges and will be freed, his lawyer said today, in an announcement that is likely to anger Washington.

The Obama administration is intensifying its scrutiny of Lebanon's financial system, concerned that Syria, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah are using Beirut's banks to evade international sanctions and fund their activities.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange launches new TV talk show with controversial interview.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday made his debut as a chat show host on a Kremlin-funded channel with a deliberately shocking choice of first guest - the leader of Hezbollah.

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah (pictured), the group's leader, made his admission during a videolinked interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Julian Assange made his debut as talk show host Tuesday as the first episode of "The World Tomorrow" aired on Russian TV channel RT. Assange's first guest was a bit of a "get": Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Hezbollah militia. The leader of the Syrian-backed group, which is classified as a terrorist organization in the U.S. and Europe, rarely gives interviews outside of the Lebanese Al-Manar T...

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah says he would be willing to mediate in the Syrian crisis, in a rare interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has interviewed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in the debut of his The World Tomorrow talk show.

JULIAN Assange interviewed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last night in the debut of his talk show on Russia's state-funded RT cable broadcaster.

Though it remains strong, Hezbollah could find itself caught up in a sectarian war between Iran, the region’s Shiite power, and Saudi Arabia, a protector of Sunni interests.

Intelligence and law enforcement officials says Shi'ite group poses threat to US targets, but whether it is imminent or extensive is far from clear.

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, formed as a response to the rocket bombardment of the city by Hezbollah from Lebanon, secured its first Israeli league title after battling out a 0-0 draw.

After one year of doubling down on their support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Lebanon's Hezbollah has finally shifted its public position on the regime, albeit with great subtlety and in an extremely measured fashion. The pivot point came during a lengthy, televised speech delivered on March 15 by the party's longstanding secretary-general, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah. Speaking to hundre...

It's odd to think of Hezbollah, a group labeled by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, creating a tourist attraction. But that's exactly what it's done. The Mleeta museum displays Hezbollah's weaponry, showcases captured Israeli war trophies ... and is available for wedding receptions, too. Sharon Weinberger reports from Lebanon.

Now, President Obama assures Israel he "has their back." Well, thanks to President Obama, Israel's back is to the wall. Hamas, Hezbollah, and some new regional players are also at Israel's back. It's getting a bit crowded back there.

La secretaria de Estado niega la existencia de evidencias que vinculen al grupo terrorista con los cárteles mexicanos, esto como respuesta a los señalamientos de republicanos que insisten en una posible amenaza a EU ante una alianza de esa dimensión

BEIRUT - An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear program would set the Middle East ablaze, possibly drag in the United States and unleash a conflict beyond the Jewish state’s control, the deputy head of Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said. World oil prices have risen to 10-month highs on escalating tensions between the West and Iran. The United States and Israel have not ...

Israel has indicated it is set to take action should Syria's unconventional weapons fall into the hands of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, which applauded Arab pro-democracy protests last year, has no apparent enthusiasm for the uprising in Syria.

[[356734]] LA HAYE (AFP) : Le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban (TSL) a décidé mercredi de juger par défaut, c'est-à-dire en leur absence, les quatre membres du Hezbollah accusés de l'assassinat en 2005 de l'ancien Premier ministre libanais Rafic Hariri. "La chambre de première instance du Tribunal...

Police in Thailand find a large supply of materials for making bombs, following the detention of a suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah.

The U.S. Embassy in Thailand warned of possible terrorist attacks in Bangkok and Israel issued a travel warning, amid growing tensions with Iran following the assassination of a nuclear scientist in Tehran.

[[347598]] BEYROUTH (AFP) : Le secrétaire général de l'ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a exprimé vendredi sa "profonde inquiétude" concernant l'arsenal militaire du mouvement chiite Hezbollah, au premier jour de sa visite au Liban également consacrée à des discussions sur la crise dans la Syrie voisine. "Je suis...

Hackers invading databases is just the tip of the iceberg in online terrorist activity: International terrorist organizations have shifted their Internet activity focus to social networks and today a number of Facebook groups are asking users to join and support Hezbollah, Hamas and other armed groups that have been included in the West's list of declared terror organizations. This has been sho...

While supporters of the Syrian uprising have done a remarkable job of documenting the Arab League observer mission, viewers of one television station in neighboring Lebanon are getting a very different picture of events in Syria.

wiredmikey writes with word (and the following extract from a CNN report) that "Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of the Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center, sent a letter to Twitter on Thursday asserting that the company is violating U.S. law by allowing groups such as Hezbollah and al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab to use its popular online network. ... In her letter, Darshan-Leitner noted that Hezbol...

The Israeli activist legal group Shurat HaDin - whose slogan is 'Bankrupting terrorism, one lawsuit at a time' - has sent a letter to Twitter threatening legal action unless the site stops hosting Hezbollah Twitter accounts

An Israeli law group said Thursday it will sue Twitter unless the social media site cuts off access to Hezbollah and other groups that are considered terrorist organizations by the U.S. Shurat HaDin, which says its mission is “bankrupting terrorism, one lawsuit at a time,” wrote a letter to Twitter from its New York office asking for confirmation it would shut down Hezbollah’s account, MSNBC r...

Twitter has been threatened with legal action by an Israeli pressure group in an attempt to force it to close accounts run by Hezbollah and other organisations classed as terrorist by the United States.

BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah's deputy leader has rejected as "unjust" U.S. accusations of the militant group's involvement in a money laundering scheme and drugs trafficking....

Federal agents raided Ace Auto Leasing in Oklahoma which they claim is part of a major network of 30 American businesses funding terrorist group Hezbollah.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The last American prisoner in Iraq, a Hezbollah commander linked to the kidnapping deaths of four U.S. soldiers, was turned over to the Iraqi government Friday, the White House said....

Pro Publica: "U.S. authorities are building a politically explosive case that Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, finances itself through a vast drug-smuggling network that links a Lebanese bank, a violent Mexican cartel and U.S. cocaine users."

Neuf mois après le début de la révolte en Syrie, le régime de Bachar el-Assad a fait la preuve de son incapacité à mater la rébellion, malgré l'extrême brutalité de la répression. L'opposition, de son côté, est trop faible...

French troops, serving under the U.N. flag in southern Lebanon, received a blow today as five of their soldiers were wounded when a roadside explosive device blew up their vehicle near the southern town of Tyre.  It was the third time this year that forces belonging to the U.N. Interim force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which aims to keep the peace between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite militia Hez...

The U.S. handed over all of the remaining detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq Tuesday, except for a Lebanese Hezbollah commander.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an apparently serious setback for U.S. intelligence against a key adversary, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi'ite militia, has succeeded in identifying and arresting informants within its ranks who were working for the CIA, current and former U.S. officials said.

The latest story seeping out of the Middle East claims Hezbollah has recently tracked down, arrested and outed a significant, but undislosed, number of American spies working for the CIA. And their techniques for discovering the cloak and daggar operatives? Disconcertingly simple. More »

From the mid 1980s until about 2006 there was no mistaking the fact that Baalbek was Hezbollah country. So much has changed.

(Reuters) - The Arab-American head of a Dearborn, Michigan community center was arrested by local police on suspicion of being wanted for funneling money to Lebanon's Hezbollah, but was later found to be the wrong man and released, the FBI said on Saturday.