A secret Pentagon directive orders planning to try to destroy a militia group backed by Iran, but America’s top general in Iraq cautions of the risks.
Tag: Hezbollah
Americans Held Overseas in Iran and Lebanon Are Freed
Amer Fakhoury had been held in Beirut on decades-old charges. Separately, Michael R. White, a U.S. Navy veteran and cancer patient, was released from an Iranian prison.
In Iraq Attack, a Rudimentary Insurgent Tactic Allows Little Defense
The attack in Taji on Wednesday involved about 30 rockets, more than a dozen of which hit the base, killing three service members.
Translator Accused of Revealing U.S. Secrets Amid Tensions With Iran
Prosecutors said a contractor shared the names of informants — among the government’s most closely held secrets — to a Lebanese man with ties to an Iran-backed group.
For Lebanon’s Shiites, a Dilemma: Stay Loyal to Hezbollah or Keep Protesting?
Lebanon’s protests have drawn protesters from all religious sects. But Hezbollah, the Islamist militia and political party, and its ally, the Amal Movement, have tried to smother demonstrations by Shiites.
Lebanon Names New Cabinet Amid Political and Economic Crisis
The new ministers will immediately face a falling currency, a stagnant economy and angry street protests.
A One-Word Accusation Swirls Around Trump’s Deadly Strike: Assassination
Allegations that killing Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani crossed a line draw on two definitions of the term — one legal, one colloquial — whose dissonance reveals how far executive power has expanded.
Qassim Suleimani, Master of Iran’s Intrigue, Built a Shiite Axis of Power in Mideast
The commander helped direct wars in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, and he became the face of Iran’s efforts to build a regional bloc of Shiite power.
U.S. Places Sanctions on Art Collector Said to Finance Hezbollah
The Treasury Department said the collector used art to hide assets and a gallery business to launder money.
White House Freezes Military Aid to Lebanon, Against Wishes of Congress, State Dept. and Pentagon
The indefinite hold halts a $105 million package that the State Department and Congress had approved. Analysts say the winners could be Iran, Russia, the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.