All news on the topic: Hezbollah

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Kinahan cartel lieutenant Ian Dixon exposed through Dubai padel tournaments despite US sanctions
Every Friday evening, the brochure says, players can compete to win cash prizes in one of the world’s fastest-growing racquet sports.
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Iran’s IRGC sets up secret Iraq cells to strike Gulf states hosting US forces
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has set up secretive new cells in Iraq to carry out attacks on Gulf countries that host American forces, bypassing established militia networks to avoid detection, eight Iraqi sources told Reuters.
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Trump’s Iran war saved the regime he claimed he wanted to break
In January 2026, things looked exceedingly grim for the Iranian Government. After a decade of US sanctions, its economy was in a perpetual state of collapse. It had high inflation, high unemployment, and no way to get back on top of the problem.
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Trump signs Iran ceasefire memorandum to end Strait of Hormuz blockade
This is the historic moment Donald Trump officially signs an agreement to end the war with Iran.
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Israel’s destruction in southern Lebanon may leave 250,000 unable to prove home ownership
Israel’s destruction in southern Lebanon may leave up to 250,000 Lebanese unable to prove they own their homes or property.
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"Captagon King" Hassan Daqqou released from Lebanese prison after seven-year sentence
A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.
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US-Iran peace hopes fade after Apache downing and strikes on alleged water sites
Trying to settle on a Memorandum of Understanding to end the US-Iran war has first been complicated by the Hezbollah threat to Israel.
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Hundreds of thousands displaced as Israeli air strikes push deep into Lebanon beyond front lines
The ceasefire agreed in Lebanon last month has provided little relief for civilians, who are being forced out of a steadily increasing area of the country due to a continuous Israeli campaign of evacuations and air strikes.
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Federal prosecutors accuse Iran-linked suspect of plotting attacks on Ivanka Trump and Jewish targets
First Daughter Ivanka Trump was targeted for assassination by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) trained terrorist in a twisted plot to avenge the president taking out his mentor, The Post has learned.
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Dozens of Lebanese villages razed despite Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire
The fragile ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah last month is holding.
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Israel strikes Beirut suburbs for first time since ceasefire to target Hezbollah commander
The strike was the first to hit Beirut’s suburbs since the April 16 ceasefire, although hostilities in the south of Lebanon have not halted.
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Israel shatters ceasefire calm with Beirut strike on senior Hezbollah figure
Israel’s military has launched strikes in Beirut, targeting a senior Hezbollah commander, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
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Trump blocks Pakistan talks with Iran envoys as ceasefire holds but mistrust deepens
Donald Trump said he has instructed US envoys not to go to Pakistan for further talks with Iran, shortly after Tehran’s top diplomat left Islamabad late on Saturday.
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Green Party slammed as ‘dangerous idiots’ over plans to soften terror laws debate
The Green Party wants to teach children about the "triggers of terrorism" in a move described as "dangerously naive" by counter-extremism experts.
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Secret transfers, shell firms and oil money: major banks dragged into alleged Iran money-laundering network worth millions
HSBC and Standard Chartered have become embroiled in allegations of a multimillion-pound scheme to launder money for Iran.
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Starmer races to Gulf as fragile Iran ceasefire teeters and Trump warns US forces will strike again if Hormuz lifeline is not secured
Donald Trump’s two-week pause in the bombing campaign, contingent on Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz for shipping, appears to be under threat.
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Only two oil tankers pass through Strait of Hormuz during brief ceasefire, as Iran warns all other ships to take alternative routes amid risk of mines and military retaliation
Iran was quick to dismiss Donald Trump’s declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is now officially open.
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Israel launched the largest wave of strikes on Hezbollah since the start of the war, hitting over 100 targets in Beirut
The Israel Defence Forces has said it has conducted the largest wave of strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon since the war began - hours after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.
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How war with Hezbollah is reshaping Lebanese society: war, displacement, and the fight for Lebanon’s future
Residents of southern Lebanon are fleeing their homes in large numbers, with many forced to sleep in tents or cars due to the lack of bomb shelters and safe refuge from ongoing shelling.
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From exclusive contracts to corruption claims: how a French oil giant profited in the Gambia
Wearing a blue suit and rectangular glasses perched on his nose, Mohammad Bazzi appears uneasy.
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UK Jewish communities facing an increasing threat from Iran’s covert proxy network after antisemitic arson and spy probes, experts warn
Iran is expanding a shadow campaign across Europe using what experts describe as a “gig economy of hostile activity”, outsourcing surveillance, intimidation, and potential attacks to criminal networks and loosely connected operatives.
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How Venezuela under Chavez and Maduro became Iran’s main global ally and a safe haven for Hezbollah
The combined 26 years of rule by Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez turned Venezuela into the Islamic Republic of Iran’s main ally outside the Middle East.
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Palestinians from Gaza held in secret Israeli jail report torture and isolation
Israel is detaining dozens of Palestinians from Gaza in an underground prison where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food, and are prohibited from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
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Kneecap’s Mo Chara cleared as UK court rules terror charge “unlawful and null”
A Terrorism charge against a member of the Irish rap group Kneecap has been dismissed due to a technical error.
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Five сhildren among 30 killed in Gaza strikes
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 30 people in and around Gaza City, local health authorities said, as a 20-boat humanitarian aid flotilla carrying activists including Greta Thunberg set sail from Barcelona for the affected territory.