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Lebanon

Trump Sanctions Hezbollah Agents in Lebanese Government

Members of terror network doing 'Iran's bidding'


The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a bevy of new sanctions on a terror network of Lebanese Hezbollah agents who have been performing "Iran's bidding" across the region, according to the Treasury Department.

Lebanon = Hezbollah

That equation includes the Lebanese military


Lebanon has, sadly, become a synonym for Hezbollah, both in the military and political arenas.

The Pro-Palestinian Charade

Too many activists who claim to support Palestinian rights only care about attacking Israel


Pro-Palestinian activism is too often a charade, masquerading as an effort to protect human rights when, in reality, it is a campaign to attack Israel, the Jew among nations.

The West’s Blind Approach to Hezbollah

Western states are bolstering the terror group by artificially separating its political activities from its militancy and by supporting Lebanon's military


It is shameful and strategically incompetent not to ban Hezbollah in its entirety. And it is the height of folly to continue supporting the Lebanese military when it collaborates so closely with Hezbollah.

The Folly of Supporting Lebanon’s Military

Washington can't seem to acknowledge that the Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah are allies


The U.S. needs to stop providing aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which collaborates closely with Hezbollah and is not a check on the terrorist group's influence inside Lebanon.

U.S. Military Aid Fueling Hezbollah’s Next War Against Israel

Trump administration accused of aligning with Iran in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq

Members of Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement salute


U.S. officials have become increasingly concerned that American military aid to the Lebanese army is arming the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, which has been amassing a large cache of advanced arms on Israel's border, according to multiple current and former U.S. officials who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.