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President Joseph Aoun’s Vision for Lebanon: Engaging Hezbollah and Iran Amid Regional Shifts

President Joseph Aoun's election is seen as a hopeful step towards recovery and reconstruction in Lebanon, with both domestic and international support bolstering prospects for positive change. Lebanon’s parliament elected a…

January 20, 2025Hezbollah, Iran, Lebanon

Governance National Security Terrorism

Who is the New Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem?

In a leadership transition amid the ongoing wars in Lebanon and Gaza, Hezbollah’s Shura Council elected Shia cleric Naim Qassem as its new Secretary-General. The appointment follows the assassination by Israel of former…

November 6, 2024Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon

Terrorism

Resilience of Hezbollah after Nasrallah’s assassination

Hezbollah suffered a severe blow when its secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, was assassinated in Beirut. The attack was the latest in Israel’s campaign to weaken the Shia movement’s rank and file. At…

October 3, 2024Hezbollah, Iran, Israel

Conflict

It seems quite unlikely Hezbollah is going to cede any territory over to the Israelis for a new buffer zone

The risk of escalation between Hezbollah and Israel after more than eight months of border clashes has shown no sign of stopping. Hezbollah has upped the ante, seeking to demonstrate…

June 26, 2024Hezbollah, Israel

National Security Nonproliferation Terrorism

Hamas attack on Israel reveals shady arms shipments to terrorists

Although we have not found direct evidence proving Moscow’s involvement in supplying the Hamas movement with North Korean weapons, there is a very high probability of such copartnership. Particularly, collaboration of the…

October 20, 2023DPRK, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia

Corruption Democracy Governance

Elections in Paraguay suggest little optimism in fighting corruption

Conservative Santiago Peña’s overwhelming win in Paraguay’s presidential election not only reaffirmed the long-ruling Colorado Party’s hold on power but raised questions about the future role of ex-president Horacio Cartes who has…

May 2, 2023Hezbollah, Paraguay

Energy Geoeconomics

Lebanon Israel maritime agreement: neither peace nor war

Agreement reached Tuesday 11, October In Israel, the premier announced a "historic" agreement between Lebanon and Israel, but without revealing its content. The agreement "will strengthen Israel's security, inject billions…

October 14, 2022Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon

Drug trafficking

Hezbollah’s involvement in cocaine trafficking

Hezbollah involved in the drug trade. American law enforcement discovered Hezbollah’s drug activity by chance in 2006, when Colombian wiretaps monitoring a Medellin- based drug cartel known as the Oficina del Envigado picked up…

July 16, 2021cocaine, Hezbollah, Latin America

Drug trafficking

Pro-Iranian proxies export Captagon as hybrid war weapon

Tehran and Damascus use the drug trafficking both as a source to finance their activities and as hybrid war weapon. In order to weaken the West the Soviet Union has…

June 29, 2021captagon, Hezbollah, Iran

Geopolitics

Russia seeking to buy up Hezbollah’s engagement

The Kremlin is more and more gambling on foreign terrorism network, set to become an assault force for Russia to tackle the geopolitical issues, and sabotage the effort by the…

March 16, 2021Hezbollah, Lebanon, Russia

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