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A prominent Australian jihadist who reportedly commanded 300 militiamen and orchestrated clashes in Syria has been arrested in neighbouring Lebanon. The arrest of Hussam Sabbagh in Lebanon’s second city, Tripoli, has again underscored the substantial involvement of Australians in the violence and chaos gripping the Middle East, following swiftly after …

BEIRUT: Mustafa Khuraizat and his fellow volunteers from Hezbollah’s reserves hurried to fold cardboard boxes. Nearby, another volunteer lit the fire under the cooking stoves. “When we are asked to go to the field of jihad, we go,” Khuraizat said. “And when we are asked to serve people, we serve the people.” …

A military judge in Lebanon has charged 28 terror suspects with belonging to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group and planning terrorist operations in the country. The 28 terror suspects, seven of whom were apprehended in security raids on hotels in Beirut, were charged …

Across the board, Lebanon’s Islamists did not view the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) declaration of an Islamic caliphate and their proclamation of the group’s leader, Ibrahim al-Badri (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi), a caliph positively. There was a near consensus among them to reject the announcement, even though in …

A suicide bomber blew himself up as security forces raided his hotel room in Beirut’s Raouche district Wednesday evening, injuring at least 11 people, in the third such blast to strike Lebanon in less than one week. Firefighters rushed to extinguish flames on the third floor of the Duroy Hotel …

‪Hezbollah‬ Secretary General Sayyid Hassan ‪‎Nasrallah‬ said that his party was willing to defend Shiite shrines in Iraq, after the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham overrun large areas of the country. “We will do whatever we are asked to do, and will go wherever we have to be…” a source close to …

Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief Ibrahim al-Amin appeared briefly before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) by video-link Thursday where he told the court he does not recognize its legitimacy and excused himself. “I reiterate today that I do not acknowledge the legitimacy of this tribunal. It was created by the United Nations Security …

How did these lunatics do it? How did they let us get so close to their homes? How could they have spared us the trouble of getting to the point nearest to their positions? They would not have done so had they not been defeated. Truly defeated. And here we …

Thousands gathered today in South Lebanon to listen to Hezbollah leader, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, deliver his speech on Liberation Day 2014. Liberation Day marks the day Israeli occupation forces were forced to end their illegal occupation of Lebanon in 2000 after facing resistance by Hezbollah. The following points were made …

Israel might battle Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said yesterday. Gantz visited training camps in the north of the occupied West Bank. He said the deadline for peace talks came to an end on April 29 and the Israeli …