Hezbollah

Lawyer and activist Hussein El Achi helped found a group called Minteshreen that wants an end to Lebanon’s sectarian political system.
Conflict & Justice
These activists want to end sectarian politics in Lebanon
Lebanese teachers react to the sounds from nearby armed clashes as they flee their school under the protection of Lebanese soldiers after a clash erupted along a former 1975-90 civil war front line between Muslim Shiite and Christian areas at Ain el-Ruman
Conflict & Justice
Tensions rise over Beirut blast investigation
Lebanese army soldiers deploy on Lebanon's side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila
Military
Lebanon’s financial crisis is so bad that soldiers can’t feed their families
Two soldiers are shown in the near ground in soft focus with widespread rubble from Beirut's destroyed port in the destance.
Global Politics
Lebanon probes blast amid rising anger, calls for change
Three people wear face masks with soldiers standing behind them
COVID-19
Some Americans feel safer in Lebanon when it comes to COVID-19 response
Men in personal protective gear stand in a line in front of vans.
COVID-19
Hezbollah’s latest front line? The fight against coronavirus.
Soldiers in white tanks on a road
Conflict & Justice
Israeli escalation against Iran is a ‘multilevel’ game
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz (left), attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019.
Nuclear
With the Iran deal falling apart, Israel faces new worries
Men sit around a table.
Global Politics
Lebanon: The lynchpin in Syria’s conflict
Smoke is shown with red backlighting rising past a mountain range as seen from the Damascus, Syria, countryside.
Syria state media says Israeli planes attack targets near Damascus
Lebanon border
Conflict
Lebanon challenges Israel’s plans for border wall
A Lebanese army soldier and two UNIFIL peacekeepers discuss the route of their joint patrol near the Lebanon-Israel border, Nov. 29, 2017.
Conflict
Keeping the peace on the Israel-Lebanon border
Cars pass next to a poster depicting Saad Hariri, who has resigned as Lebanon's prime minister, in Beirut
Global Politics
Lebanon wants to know: Is our prime minister a prisoner?
People walk next to a poster depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri
Conflict
Talk of war and instability are all too familiar in Lebanon
A convoy of ISIS fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border in Qalamoun, Syria, on Aug. 28, 2017.
Conflict
The US bombs path of ISIS convoy in Syria after a controversial withdrawal deal
A Hezbollah fighter poses for journalists on a tour of areas recently recaptured from Nusra militants in the mountains between Lebanon and Syria.
Conflict
Hezbollah to Trump: ‘We fight terrorism while the US supports it’
Journalist Sulome Anderson is based in Beirut, Lebanon and New York City.
Books
Terry Anderson’s daughter comes face-to-face with her father’s kidnapper
The new digital comic "Madaya Mom" gives life to a story TV cameras can't reach.
Books
A digital comic book tells the real-life tale of a heroic mom in besieged Syria
A Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter points towards blue sheets spread over streets as a cover from snipers as he walks on the rubble of damaged buildings in Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 7, 2016.
Conflict
Both sides brace for a crucial battle over Syria’s Aleppo
Israeli self-propelled artillery ready for action, near the border with Syria in the Golan Heights. Picture taken Jan 27th 2015.
Conflict
Hezbollah’s gains in Syria have triggered concerns in Israel
Argentine journalist Jacobo Timerman, shown at home June 21,199.
Justice
His father was a human rights icon. He’s in the middle of a scandal with a dead prosecutor.
State of the Union 2015
Global Politics
What Obama didn’t mention in the State of the Union
Members and supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah commander Mohamad Issa, known as Abu Issa, carry his coffin during his funeral in Arab-Salim in south Lebanon on January 20, 2015. He was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on January 18.
Conflict
There are few hopes for Middle East peace at this year’s State of the Union
Ali Nasri Shamas holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle outside his hashish factory in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Shamas says the region's hash growers are ready to turn their weapons against any Islamic militants crossing the border from Syria.
Conflict
Lebanon’s drug lords say they’re ready to join the fight against ISIS
Conflict & Justice
Hezbollah chooses Lebanon’s new Prime Minister
Global Politics
Lebanon’s government collapses
This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.
Global Scan
Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me
This natural-color image taken on July 4, 2010, by the Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, shows a sapphire-colored pond springing up as snow and ice melt atop the glaciers in southwestern Greenland.
Global Scan
Greenland’s snow is getting darker, and that’s bad for you and me
A Beirut artist participates in an event staged by a municipality controlled by Hezbollah to honor those killed in a wave of car bombings in Lebanon.
Conflict & Justice
Hezbollah claims to be fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon. But the result is violence in Lebanon
Islamic Republic of Iran Army T-55s move to front line of Iran-Iraq War.
Global Politics
The US and Iran part IV – hostile relations
Beirut residents light a lantern during New Year's celebrations at Star Square
Conflict & Justice
Syria’s war is testing the limits of tolerance in neighboring Lebanon
Nelson Mandela meets one of his favorite boxers, Baby Jake Matlala, in heaven
Global Scan
Even Mandela meets his heroes in heaven
Syrian families were allowed to flee rebel-controlled Moadamiya Tuesday, in a rare instance of coordination between the Syrian government and the opposition.
Conflict & Justice
Syrian regime surrounds rebel neighborhoods with a message: surrender or starve
Global Politics
Israel promises to strike back ‘fiercely’ if Syria attacks
Conflict & Justice
German Intelligence Officer: ‘Syria’s President Ordered Chemical Attack’
Global Politics
Al Manar: Hezbollah’s Television Propaganda Tool
Global Politics
How Iran Might Respond to a US Military Strike on Syria
Conflict & Justice
Lebanon on Edge as Airstrikes Against Syria Appear Imminent
Arts, Culture & Media
Israel to Strike Back ‘fiercely’ if Syria Attacks the Jewish State
Global Politics
Purported Israel’s strike on Syria seen in wider context of Hezbollah, Iran
Global Politics
Israeli ambassador spells out concerns with ongoing Syrian civil war, chemical weapons
Israeli prime minister blames Iran for deadly suicide attack in Bulgaria
Israel blames Iran, Hezbollah for Monday attacks on its diplomats abroad
Global Politics
Syria Crisis: Assad’s Revival Suggests Long War
Global Politics
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Militia Celebrates Its Role in Syria’s Civil War
Syrian Civil War Becoming a Regional Conflict
Secretary of State Kerry in Moscow for Talks on Syria
Global Politics
Israel on Alert After Syria Strikes
Conflict & Justice
Hezbollah Comes Clean: It Stands With Syrian Government
Global Politics
Hezbollah’s Role in Syria’s Civil War
Israeli Airstrike Launched on Damascus Target
Global Politics
Israeli Jets Said to Conduct Airstrike Inside Syria
Global Politics
Hezbollah threatens to topple Lebanese government
Global Politics
UN Hezbollah indictments may destabilize Lebanon
Global Politics
A Vote Against Hezbollah
Global Politics
Lebanon’s Elections: It’s the Moderates Over Hezbollah
Global Politics
Biden in Beirut: America’s Stake in the Lebanese Election
Global Politics
An escalation of violence in Lebanon
Conflict & Justice
Lebanon awaits Hariri assassination indictments
Global Politics
Inside Hezbollah