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Iranian Students Hurl Firebombs at Saudi Embassy

Apr 11th 2011 – 11:49AM

TEHRAN, Iran -- Scores of Iranian students have attacked the Saudi Arabian embassy with firebombs to protest the Gulf country's role in cracking down on anti-government protesters in Bahrain. The official IRNA news agency says protesters tried to attach a flag of the Lebanese group Hezbollah to the embassy's gate Monday,...

Gadhafi Expert Warns Libyan Leader Will Fight 'Until the End'

By Linda GradsteinMar 1st 2011 – 12:48PM
Amr Nabil, AP

Amr Nabil, AP

JERUSALEM -- The violence in Libya is worse than reported and Moammar Gadhafi will battle the opposition to the bitter end, says a native Libyan and Jewish activist who has met the dictator several times. "Don't underestimate Gadhafi; he will keep fighting until the end," said Raphael Luzon, the head of the London-based...

Iranian Warships Enter Suez Canal in Show of Power

By Theunis BatesFeb 22nd 2011 – 9:12AM
AP

AP

For the first time in more than 30 years, two Iranian warships have entered the Suez Canal -- a mostly symbolic power move that nevertheless is being closely watched by Israel and the U.S. Egyptian officials told Reuters that the Alvand, a frigate, and the Kharg, a supply vessel, started their journey down the waterway...

Hezbollah Threatens Israeli Leaders, Warns It's Ready for Next War

By Theunis BatesFeb 16th 2011 – 2:02PM
AFP / Getty Images

AFP / Getty Images

The head of Hezbollah today told his fighters that Israel would pay a heavy price if it invaded Lebanon again and warned Israeli leaders that they could be assassinated "anywhere ... at any time" by his operatives. "I say to the fighters of the Islamic resistance: Be ready," Hassan Nasrallah said during a televised...

Is Protest Fever Spreading in the Middle East?

Feb 14th 2011 – 4:25PM

In December, a young man named Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire, sparking nonstop protests that eventually resulted in the removal of Tunisia's authoritarian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Last week, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak finally gave into nearly three weeks of demands for his ouster, leaving the military to...

Hezbollah News From the Web

  • 05/11/12 Nasrallah: Hezbollah able to strike anywhere in Israel Source: Haaretz Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that his militant group was capable of striking any target in neighboring Israel, saying "the days when we fled and they did not are over."
  • 05/05/12 'Iran will not give up on trying to find missing... Source: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan -- were kidnapped by a group of Zionist-backed gunmen at an inspection point in northern Lebanon.

Background on Hezbollah

Hezbollah ( ', literally "Party of God") is a Shi'a Muslim militant group and political party based in Lebanon.

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