Beirut, April 19 (IANS) Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem said that the ceasefire with Israel must mean a complete halt to aggression, warning the group will retaliate against Israeli violations in southern Lebanon.”There is no ceasefire from one side only,” Qassem said in a statement, adding that Hezbollah fighters “will respond to violations of aggression accordingly.”He outlined five key steps: a permanent halt to hostilities across Lebanon, a full Israeli withdrawal, detainee releases, the retu…
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Jerusalem, April 9 (IANS) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Thursday that it has killed Ali Yusuf Harshi, personal secretary of Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, in Beirut. Harshi was also nephew of the Hezbollah chief who heads the Lebanese group backed by Iran. In a statement shared on X, the IDF said that it has also hit two key crossings used by Hezbollah for moving weapons south of the Litani River and 10 weapons storage sites, launchers and command centres in southern Lebanon….
Tehran, April 1 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has sent a message to Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, pledging continued support for the resistance against the United States and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported early Wednesday.In his message, Iran’s supreme leader appreciated Qassem’s condolences and sympathy for the “martyrdom” of his father, Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a US-Israeli airstrike in Tehran on February 28.Khamenei said steadf…
Beirut, March 2 (IANS) Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday said that those launching rockets from the southern part of the nation are endangering the security and safety of the citizens and giving Israel reasons to continue with its attack. This came as militant organisation Hezbollah launched a series of rocket attacks towards Israel from Lebanon in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This is also the first time the militant group has attacked…
Beirut, Feb 21 (IANS) Three commanders from the Lebanese Hezbollah group and eight others were killed, with 35 more were injured, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on eastern Lebanon on Friday, according to official and Lebanese security sources. Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported a preliminary toll, stating that over 10 individuals had died and more than 30 were wounded in the airstrike on a building in Riyaq, eastern Lebanon.A source from the Lebanese Civil Defence told Xin…
Tehran, Jan 18 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that the country had defeated the United States and Israel “once again” and had “extinguished the sedition” he described as being incited by Washington and Tel Aviv.Speaking during an address marking a religious holiday on Saturday, Khamenei accused the United States of planning the unrest with the aim of “swallowing up Iran.”He described US President Donald Trump as a “criminal” responsible for the killings and destruction in the rec…