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Hizballah’s missile precision crash project slowed. 250 upgraded out of 14,000

Feb 16, 2019 @ 11:56Feb 22, 2019 @ 18:47 Diane Shalem 2032 Views HIzballah precise missiles, IDF air strikes, Iran, Lebanon, Zelzal 2

The Iranian-Hizballah crash program for converting 14,000 medium-range Zelzal 2s into precision-guided missiles is struggling. But 250 are still a

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Moscow &Tehran prepare to arm Hizballah, including with Iranian air defense missiles

Feb 11, 2019 @ 10:31Feb 18, 2019 @ 18:47 Diane Shalem 2729 Views Hizballah, Iran, Lebanon, Russian arms

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif pointedly visited Beirut on Monday, Feb.11, the day of the Islamic revolution’s 40th anniversary,

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IDF ends northern tunnel operation, strikes Gaza tunnels. Hizballah, Hamas threats remain

Jan 13, 2019 @ 11:29Jan 19, 2019 @ 11:41 Diane Shalem 1818 Views Hamas, Hizballah, IDF, Lebanon, Lt. Gen. Gady Eisenkott, tunnels

The IDF marked the end of Operation Northern Shield on Sunday, Jan. 13 by finding a sixth Hizballah cross-border tunnel,

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Israeli Air Force flies over Lebanese-Syrian border – first time in 3 months

Dec 17, 2018 @ 7:59Dec 22, 2018 @ 12:57 Diane Shalem 2565 Views Hizballah tunnels, IDF delegation to Moscow, Israeli Air Force, Israeli=Russian coordination, Lebanon, Russia

The Israeli Air Force made several passes over the Lebanese-Syrian border on Sunday, Dec. 16, for the first time since

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Beirut asks for Russia’s air defense net to cover Lebanon as well as Syria

Nov 20, 2018 @ 8:38Nov 26, 2018 @ 16:33 Diane Shalem 3752 Views Hizballah, Israeli Air Force, Lebanon, Russia air defense cover, Syira

Exclusive: Lebanese President Michel Aoun has asked Moscow to bring Lebanese air space under the protection of the Russian air

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Israel and Hizballah trade threats over Iran-supplied precision-guidance missiles

Nov 10, 2018 @ 20:29Nov 19, 2018 @ 12:40 Diane Shalem 2670 Views Hizballah, Israeli warning, Lebanon, precision-guidance missiles

Israel has sent a final warning to the Lebanese government that it will destroy Hizballah’s new factories  for upgrading its

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IDF to Hizballah: Don’t try and surprise us after withdrawing from Syria

Sep 7, 2018 @ 11:21Sep 17, 2018 @ 10:54 Diane Shalem 6914 Views border wall, IDF-Hizballah, Israel, Lebanon, surprise attack

Intelligence monitors report deepening Hizballah control of Lebanese army forces near the Israeli frontier, raising concerns that the Iranian-backed group

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Saudis summon Lebanese PM moments before Beirut falls into Iranian orbit

Feb 28, 2018 @ 17:50 Diane Shalem 10421 Views Hizballah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Saad Hariri, Saudi Arabia

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s switch of loyalty to Hizballah and Iran shocks Riyadh and dismays Israel. The Lebanese Sunni

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The Israel-Lebanese oil dispute – part of US-Russian Mid-East energy battle

Feb 17, 2018 @ 14:26Feb 22, 2018 @ 18:37 Diane Shalem 16533 Views Block 9, gas, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Lebanon, oil, Rex Tillerson, Russia, US

Instead of accepting a US-brokered deal for Block 9, Hizballah and Iran make Israel’s offshore gas and oil fields a

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The next Iranian-Israeli engagement in Syria is due in late April, early May

Feb 12, 2018 @ 15:09Feb 20, 2018 @ 9:44 Diane Shalem 20254 Views Iran, Iraqi Shiite militia, Iraqi-Syrian border, Israeli Air Force, Lebanon, Russia, US special forces

It is then that Tehran will try to move a special Russian-backed Iraqi Shiite force from southern Iraq into Syria

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