Hezbollah says Iran nuclear agreement ‘rules out specter of regional war’
The leader of Lebanon\’s Hezbollah said on Monday that a framework nuclear agreement that Iran reached with world powers last week rules out the specter of regional war.
The leader of Lebanon\’s Hezbollah said on Monday that a framework nuclear agreement that Iran reached with world powers last week rules out the specter of regional war.
Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish peacekeeper were killed on Wednesday in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel that has raised the threat of a full-blown conflict between the militant Islamist group and Israel.
An Israeli attack which killed several prominent members of Lebanon\’s Hezbollah last week was an attempt byIsrael to set \”new rules\” in the conflict between the two foes, Hezbollah\’s deputy leader said at a gathering to commemorate those who died.
Lebanon\’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday that Israeli strikes inside Syria were also an aggression against Syria\’s regional allies and they had the right to retaliate.
Iran instructed Hezbollah to attack Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon in retaliation for the “bombing” of Iran’s Parchin nuclear facility, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported.
An attack by Hezbollah on Lebanon\’s border with Israel which wounded two Israeli soldiers was a message that the group remained ready to confront its old foe despite its engagement in Syria\’s civil war, the group\’s deputy leader said.
Lebanese Hezbollah fighters detonated a bomb on Lebanon\’s border with Israel on Tuesday, wounding two Israeli soldiers and drawing artillery fire in response.
Israel\’s frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeepers, has become a magnet for Islamist activity and Israel itself is now a target, the defense minister and security analysts said on Tuesday.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah pledged full support on Friday to the Palestinian group Hamas in its conflict with Israel despite a deep rift between the two militant organizations over the civil war in Syria.
Two rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Friday, and Israel\’s army responded with artillery fire, Lebanon\’s news agency and security sources said, adding it was unclear who was behind the initial attack.