Posted on August 23, 2008 by lebz
Hizbullah had struck a deal with Russia on new air defense systems and anti-tank missiles, the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported Friday.
It said the deal was completed in July when three Hizbullah representatives headed to Russia with Iranian passports and visited the Sixth International Fair for selling weapons and ammunition.
Hizbullah representatives expressed great interest [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by lebz
Israel on Wednesday issued a severe warning claiming that Hizbullah is seeking to kidnap Israelis abroad.
Israel’s counter-terror bureau issued the warning at a peak traveling season for Israelis, calling on tourists and businessmen to take special precaution in hotels, restaurants and recreational spots.
“The Hizbullah organization is unremitting in its efforts to attack Israelis throughout the [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2008 by lebz
Several Sunni factions in Lebanon announced Tuesday night that they are freezing a truce they had signed with Hizbullah a day earlier.
The agreement, intended to defuse sectarian tension, prohibited any Muslim group from attacking fellow Muslims.
“The agreement will be temporarily frozen pending appropriate circumstances that allow for its implementation,” Sheikh Hassan al-Shahhal, who signed the [...]
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Posted on August 18, 2008 by lebz
Lebanon’s Hizbullah on Monday signed a new memorandum of understanding with another Lebanese group, in a bid to “preserve national unity and prevent sedition” in the country. The document was signed Monday between Hizbullah and the Salafist movement in a ceremony that was held at the Safir Metropolitan Hotel in Beirut.
The Shiite movement was represented [...]
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Posted on August 6, 2008 by lebz
Hizbullah has been able to establish a military presence north and south of the Litani River and is already prepared to a large extent to fire rockets and missiles on Israel, an Israeli newspaper has reported.
Yediot Ahronot daily said Tuesday that security and intelligence chiefs are expected to present a discouraging assessment of the situation [...]
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