Hezbollah

Security Council approves final renewal of Unifil mandate

The peacekeeping force will remain in Lebanon through 2026 before a full withdrawal in a motion delayed by intense diplomatic wrangling with the White House

By Mike Wagenheim

1 min read

Unifil will withdraw from Lebanon in 2027 after the UN Security Council renewed its mandate for the final time (Image: Getty)

Hamas

Revealed: UK lawyer representing Hamas wore green bandana and chanted ‘with blood, with guns’ at 2006 rally

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Aftermath of a Israeli strike near in the southern Lebanese border (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

Hezbollah

Israel takes out elite Hezbollah terrorist in drone strike

By JC Reporter

1 min read

Hezbollah

Police looking for man who ‘brazenly’ flew Hezbollah flag at London Shia rally

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Hezbollah

Threat of civil war in Lebanon as Hezbollah refuses to disarm

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Dramatic exit: a bulldozer demolishes a house in an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip in August 2005 (Image: Getty)

By Dan Schueftan

The JC Debate: The Gaza pullout might look like a blunder, but the strategic reality backs it up

6 min read

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawas Salam has confirmed his cabinet backed 'the objectives' of a US proposal to disarm Hezbollah (Image: Getty)

Lebanon

Lebanon backs US plan for Hezbollah disarmament

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Sixteen-year-old at Islamist ‘warrior camp’ said it ‘felt like Nasrallah was with us again’

The JC previously reported that Hussain Makke’s programme is training young men in combat and religious instruction

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

August 7, 2025 13:45

Islamic influencer, Sayed Hussein Makke, who attended a Hezbollah-linked seminary in Lebanon and has mourned numerous members of the terror group, runs a warrior training programme in the English countryside where young men are taught to fight, the JC can reveal.

By Dan Schueftan

Israel’s new doctrine in the north: from containment to coercion

Jerusalem’s offensives in Lebanon and Syria have upended old assumptions, weakening Iran’s axis and opening the door to a new regional balance

5 min read

July 28, 2025 11:13

An Israeli army Merkava main battle tank crosses the barbed-wire fence into the UN-patrolled buffer zone separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights near the UN Quneitra checkpoint on March 2, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Beirut bans all financial dealings with Hezbollah bank

The move follows a meeting last week of 30 governments, including the United States, to counter Hezbollah's illicit activities

By David Isaac

2 min read

July 16, 2025 16:04

A branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan bank targeted in Israeli strikes last year (Image: Getty)

By Yaakov Katz

UNIFIL is a complete failure and needs to leave Lebanon

A force that turns a blind eye to Hezbollah while tying the hands of the IDF does not help prevent war; it is a recipe for it.

4 min read

July 15, 2025 13:55

UNIFIL soldiers in the Hezbollah stronghold of South Lebanon (Getty)

By Yossi Melman

After Israel’s humiliation of Iran, a historic reshaping of the Middle East may already be underway

In Lebanon, Syria and beyond, diplomatic space is opening up for a new era of co-operation

6 min read

July 4, 2025 15:22

A poster depicting Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in Israeli strikes (Image: Getty)

BBC may not broadcast Kneecap Glastonbury set

One of the Belfast-based bands members is set to appear in court after he was allegedly filmed cloaked in a Hezbollah flag

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 26, 2025 14:37

Mo Chara (left) with bandmates Moglai Bap (right) and DJ Provai (centre) outside Westminster Magistrates' Court (Image: Getty)

By Geoffrey Corn

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

Critics are wrong. Whether viewed as part of an ongoing armed conflict or a necessary act of self-defence, international law is on the side of the Jewish state

3 min read

June 20, 2025 13:07