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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech through a giant screen, during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Hezbollah chief claims terror group stronger than IDF, ready for war
By Agencies and TOI staff
In speech marking 12 years since Second Lebanon War, Hassan Nasrallah also says Iran sanctions won't affect support for his organization
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech through a giant screen, during a rally marking the 12th anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 15, 2018, 12:45 am
Hezbollah chief claims terror group stronger than IDF, ready for war
In speech marking 12 years since Second Lebanon War, Hassan Nasrallah also says Iran sanctions won't affect support for his organization
By Agencies and TOI staff
Hezbollah parading its military equipment in Qusayr, Syria, November 2016. (Twitter)
July 4, 2018, 2:22 pm
Hezbollah may have pulled half its forces out of Syria — report
Unnamed French source tells London-based Arab daily that Israel and the Lebanese terror group are in a de facto ceasefire
By TOI staff
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks on June 29, 2018 (YouTube screenshot)
June 29, 2018, 10:03 pm
Amid reports of south Syria ceasefire, Nasrallah claims ‘big victory’ is near
Hezbollah leader says Assad and allies will triumph over 'terrorist forces supported by US and Israel'; Jordanian official says truce reached in Daraa province
By TOI staff and Agencies
File: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech through a giant screen during an election campaign in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
May 25, 2018, 7:06 pm
Nasrallah: Hezbollah doesn’t want war with Israel, but will ‘assuredly win’ one
Terror leader says Israel behind Thursday night airstrikes in Syria, which reportedly hit targets belonging to Lebanese group
By TOI staff
In this Friday, April 13, 2018 photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold a banner with his portrait and Arabic words that reads: "All the loyalty to the man of nobility." (AP /Hussein Malla)
May 25, 2018, 6:15 am
New Hezbollah sanctions may hamstring formation of Lebanese government
Tasked with stitching together cabinet, Hariri faces challenge of allowing powerful group into coalition even as US and Gulf ramp up pressure
By Bassem Mroue
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks on a screen via a video link during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the death of Hezbollah top commander, Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion in Damascus, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Lebanon, on May 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
May 17, 2018, 12:35 am
​US, Gulf Arab states place sanctions on Hezbollah leadership
Nasrallah and other senior members listed in injuction freezing vulnerable assets and blocking access to global financial networks
By Agencies
Missiles rise into the sky as Israeli missiles hit air defense position and other military bases, in Damascus, Syria, on May 10, 2018. (Government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)
May 10, 2018, 4:48 pm
Overnight clashes show Shiite ‘monster’ in Syria is limited, for now
Israel's fear is less of continued rocket fire from Syria and more of the potential for confrontation with Lebanon's Hezbollah
By Avi Issacharoff
In this Friday, April 13, 2018 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hold a banner with his portrait and Arabic words that reads: 'All the loyalty to the man of nobility,' during an election campaign speech, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP/Hussein Malla)
May 4, 2018, 11:39 pm
Hezbollah set to tighten grip in Lebanon vote
Almost no mention is made in election campaign of the Shiite terror group's ties to Iran, role in the Syrian war or tensions with Israel
By Agencies
Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem in an interview with Lebanese Al Mayadeen TV on April 16, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 17, 2018, 1:01 am
Hezbollah deputy says Israel won’t be allowed to set the ‘rules of the conflict’
Naim Qasem predicts Iranian response to last week's attack on base in Syria in which 7 Iranians were killed
By TOI staff
Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah speaks via video at an election rally on April 15, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 15, 2018, 11:57 pm
Hezbollah chief claims US-led strike on Syria was driven by ‘Zionist lobby’
In bellicose tirade, Hassan Nasrallah assets Western military action should encourage 'confidence in our strength, presence, ability'
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves part of an Iranian drone downed in Israeli airspace on February 10, 2018, during a speech on the third day of the 54th Munich Security Conference (MSC) held at the Bayerischer Hof hotel, in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2018. (Screen capture)
April 14, 2018, 3:36 am
Attack drone revelation shows grave, immediate, adjacent threat to Israel: Iran
Netanyahu has vowed to prevent Iran from establishing a military presence in Syria. But Tehran is getting bolder, and Russia may make Israel's challenge even more complex
By David Horovitz
Russian servicemen prepare a Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet before a departure for a mission at the Russian Hmeimim military base in Latakia province, Syria, on December 16, 2015. (AFP/Paul Gypteau)
April 14, 2018, 1:31 am
Iran said to allow Russia to deploy ‘strategic aircraft’ in its territory
Lebanese TV report further claims Moscow recently supplied Syria with Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to bolster Assad's defense capabilities
By TOI staff and Agencies
The remains of an Iranian drone that was shot down by the Israeli Air Force after it penetrated Israeli airspace on February 10, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 13, 2018, 8:40 pm
Iranian drone shot down in northern Israel in February was armed with explosives
Thwarted attack was first direct Iranian targeting of Israel; drone was sent from T-4 base in Syria, where 7 Iranians were killed in alleged devastating Israeli airstrike this week
By Alexander Fulbright
In this October 24, 2015 photo, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses a crowd in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
April 13, 2018, 7:35 pm
Nasrallah says Syria base strike puts Israel in ‘direct confrontation’ with Iran
Hezbollah chief warns airstrike that killed 7 Iranians, allegedly carried out by Israel, was a 'historic mistake' and an act of 'grave foolishness'
By Agencies and TOI staff
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a televised speech during a ceremony in Beirut to commemorate Hezbollah leaders who have been killed, February 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)
March 27, 2018, 10:38 am
Nasrallah: Saudis offered Syria cash to cut ties with Iran
Hezbollah leader says Riyadh offered hundreds of billions of dollars for reconstruction on two occasions
By Sue Surkes
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