Are Hezbollah's Anti-Ship Missiles A Threat To The U.S. Navy?

Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles, a little remedy for those pesky foreign warships in the Mediterranean pic.twitter.com/UGVr9XIZJI

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Reuters: Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles bolster its threat to US navy 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Powerful Russian anti-ship missiles acquired by Hezbollah give it the means to deliver on its leader's veiled threat against U.S. warships and underline the grave risks of any regional war, sources familiar with the group's arsenal say. 

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Washington last week his group had something in store for the U.S. vessels deployed to the region since war erupted last month between the Palestinian group Hamas and Israel, shaking the wider Middle East. 

Two sources in Lebanon familiar with the Iran-backed group's arsenal say he was referring to Hezbollah's greatly enhanced anti-ship missile capabilities, including the Russian-made Yakhont missile with a range of 300 km (186 miles).  

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Update: Hezbollah anti-ship missiles increase threats to US warships: Reuters (Al Mayadeen)  

WNU Editor: Apparently the video that has been making the rounds on social media that shows Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles is an old one (see video below). But the question still remains. Are Hezbollah's anti-ship missiles a threat to the US Navy? My gut says yes. 

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Warns The U.S. To Halt Israel's Gaza Attacks Or Risk A Regional War

 

Reuters: Hezbollah tells U.S. to halt Israel's Gaza attack to prevent regional war 

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned the United States on Friday that preventing a regional conflict depended on stopping the Israeli attack on Gaza, and said there was a possibility of fighting on the Lebanese front turning into a full-fledged war. 

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in his first speech since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7, also threatened Israel's main ally the United States, hinting his Iran-backed group was ready to confront U.S. warships in the Mediterranean.

"You, the Americans, can stop the aggression against Gaza because it is your aggression. Whoever wants to prevent a regional war, and I am talking to the Americans, must quickly halt the aggression on Gaza," Nasrallah said.  

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WNU Editor: Moon of Alabama has a summary on Nasrallah's speech .... Nazrallah Speech On Gaza (Moon of Alabama). So does Zero Hedge .... Hezbollah Chief: US "Directly Responsible" For Gaza Atrocities, Will Soon Pay "Heavy Price" (Zero Hedge).  

 Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Warns The U.S. To Halt Israel's Gaza Attacks Or Risk A Regional War  

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah leader threatens escalation with Israel as its war with Hamas rages on -- AP  

Hamas is fighting ‘sacred’ war with Israel, says Hezbollah chief -- Politico 

Hezbollah leader praises 'heroic' Hamas terror attack, threatens to expand fight against Israel -- FOX News   

Hezbollah leader threatens escalation in fighting with Israel -- The Guardian  

Nasrallah says Oct. 7 assault '100% Palestinian,' Hezbollah knew nothing about it -- Times of Israel 

Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah speech on Israel-Hamas war: Key takeaways -- Al Jazeera

Expect A Big Announcement From Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Tomorrow

🚨🇱🇧🇵🇸 Lebanon preparing for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah’s HUGE speech tomorrow.

Expecting a big announcement. pic.twitter.com/2X6f7rPQm0

— Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) November 2, 2023

WNU Editor: I have no idea on what Hezbollah leader Nasrallah will specifically say tomorrow. But it is obviously going to be on the Israel - Hamas war, and the escalation in border strikes between Israel and Hezbollah.  

Update: It appears that Hezbollah has just released a "teaser" before tomorrow's big speech (see below).

🚨JUST IN: HEZBOLLAH RELEASES FINAL TEASER BEFORE TOMORROW'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SPEECH ON WHETHER THEY WILL JOIN THE WAR

🚨This is the FIRST TIME Hezbollah release teasers for a speech, making this VERY CONCERNING

MY THOUGHTS:

- Clashes escalating
- Teasers
- Various hints… https://t.co/x7KmED8uch pic.twitter.com/XbrdGZUJ5o

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 2, 2023

Israeli And Saudi Reports Say Hezbollah's Nasrallah Has Suffered A Stroke

A poster of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in southern Lebanon (photo credit: ALI HASHISHO/REUTERS)  

Jerusalem Post: Hezbollah's Nasrallah suffers second stroke, hospitalized in Beirut 

Nasrallah canceled a Friday speech after the Lebanese terror group said he had fallen ill with influenza. 

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah was rushed to intensive care after suffering a stroke, according to reports from Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. 

The reports came after Nasrallah canceled a planned Friday speech, with the Lebanese terrorist organization announcing through its affiliated media he had fallen ill with influenza and was unable to speak well. 

Saudi journalist Hussein al-Gawi contradicted Hezbollah's statement, claiming that Nasrallah indeed suffered a second stroke instead of falling ill as was reported. 

The Hezbollah leader was reportedly hospitalized at the Great Prophet Hospital in Beirut.  

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WNU Editor: Iran's media is claiming that he is suffering from the flu .... Iranian Media Claim Hezbollah Leader Suffering From Flu (Iran International).

Hezbollah's Leader Says His Group Has 100,000 Trained And Experienced Fighters

 

France 24: Lebanon's Hezbollah chief claims militant group has 100,000 'trained' fighters  

The leader of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shi’ite group Hezbollah said on Monday that last week’s Beirut violence in which seven Shi’ite Muslims were shot dead was a dangerous development and marked a new phase in the country’s internal politics. 

In his first remarks since the worst street violence in over a decade, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah lashed out at the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party and its head Samir Geagea, repeating accusations that they were responsible for the killings on Thursday.  

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WNU Editor: Some are skeptical of this number .... Hezbollah 100,000 fighters is a symbolic lie - analysis (Jerusalem Post). 

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Hezbollah leader declares his group has 100,000 fighters -- AP  

Hezbollah Says It Has 100000 Troops, Won't Be Drawn Into Civil War -- Bloomberg  

Lebanon: Nasrallah says Hezbollah 'never been stronger' -- Middle East Eye  

Hezbollah Leader Declares Group Has 100,000 'Trained & Experienced' Fighters - Report -- Sputnik

Hezbollah Says Iranian Fuel Tanker Is Headed For Lebanon. Dares Israel And US To Act

 

Times of Israel/AFP: Daring Israel and US to act, Hezbollah says Iran fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon 

Terror group’s chief Nasrallah doesn’t say how ship will deliver cargo in defiance of US sanctions Hezbollah terror group chief Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday a tanker would set off from Iran “within hours” to bring desperately needed fuel supplies to Lebanon, in defiance of US sanctions. 

Many questions remain about how the shipment would reach its stated destination, where acute and growing fuel shortages have forced hospitals, businesses and government offices shut amid a crippling economic crisis. 

But the move, prohibited by US sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, could drag Lebanon into the covert naval war between Tehran and Israel. 

Nasrallah dared Iran’s foes to stop the shipment.  

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More News On An Iranian Oil Tanker Headed To Lebanon 

Iranian fuel tanker heads for crisis-hit Lebanon, says Hezbollah -- France 24  

Hezbollah arranges Iranian fuel for Lebanon -- Reuters  

Hezbollah says Iranian fuel oil ship to sail to Lebanon in hours -- Al Jazeera  

Hezbollah Leader Confirms Iranian Fuel Shipment Will Head To Lebanon Within Hours -- AMN News

Hezbollah Accuses The U.S. For Lebanon's Economic Crisis. Wants Chinese Bailout

Reuters: Hezbollah leader says dollar injections needed, accuses U.S. of deepening shortage

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday that dollar injections were needed to shore up the pound currency and accused the United States of preventing dollars from reaching the crisis-hit country.

A dive in the pound currency last week sparked fresh protests in Lebanon, prompting the government to announce that the central bank would begin injecting scarce dollars into the market this week to reverse its fall.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday the central bank was working with money changers to gradually reduce the dollar price but has not commented on whether dwindling reserves had yet been deployed to boost the pound.

In a televised address, Narallah said the United States had blocked dollars from reaching Lebanon, worsening a shortage that has hiked prices.

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Update #1: Hezbollah leader accuses US of trying to 'starve' Syria, Lebanon (France 24)
Update #2: Lebanon: Hezbollah chief threatens US for calling for group's disarmament (i24 News)

WNU Editor: China will have a lot of strings attached .... Hezbollah head prefers China to IMF for Lebanon bailout (Asia Times).

Iran Media: Tehran Will Unleash Hezbollah To Attack Israel And Dubai If US Responds To Iran Attack

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

Jerusalem Post: Report: Hezbollah will attack Israel if US responds to Iran attack

"We in no way consider the Zionist regime (of Israel) to be separate from the criminal US regime in these crimes."

Hezbollah will attack Israel if the United States responds to missile attacks carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday night, according to the Iranian Tasnim news agency.

"We in no way consider the Zionist regime (of Israel) to be separate from the criminal US regime in these crimes," the IRGC warned in a statement.

"We warn the Great Satan, the bloodthirsty and arrogant regime of the US, that any new wicked act or further agression (against Iran) will bring about more painful and crushing responses," stressed the IRGC.

The IRGC warned on their Telegram channel that they would attack Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Haifa in Israel if Iranian soil is targeted, according to CNN.

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Update: Iran threatens to 'unleash Hezbollah' in Israel and Dubai (Washington Examiner)

WNU Editor: The Iranians are no longer hiding their control and influence over groups like Hezbollah.

Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Calls For Revenge Attacks Against The U.S. For The Death Of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani

France 24: Hezbollah leader vows bloody retaliation for US killing of Iranian general

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the US military in the Middle East would pay the price for killing Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, which he said marked ‘the start of a new phase’ for the region.

Nasrallah, speaking in a televised address marking Soleimani’s death in a targeted US air strike, said responding to the killing was not only Iran’s responsibility but the responsibility of its allies in the region too.

As thousands listened at a rally in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Hezbollah leader said the US killing of Soleimani marked “the start of a new phase and new history not just for Iran or Iraq but the whole region”. He called the killing a “clear, blatant crime” that will transform the Middle East.

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WNU Editor: Hezbollah leader Nasrallah is milking this as much as he can .... Photos Show Martyr General Suelimani with Sayyed Nasrallah (Al Manar).

More News On Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah Calling For Revenge Attacks Against The U.S. For The Death Of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani

Hezbollah vows to end US military presence in region -- AP
Hezbollah chief: U.S. will ‘pay the price’ for Soleimani’s killing -- Politico
Just response to Soleimani's death will target U.S. military in region: Nasrallah -- Daily Star
Nasrallah Calls for Expulsion Of American Military From The Region -- Radio Farda
Nasrallah Threatens U.S.: American Soldiers Will Return Home in Coffins -- Haaretz/Reuters/AP
Nasrallah: Trump has started a new type of war in the region -- Jerusalem Post
Photos Show Martyr General Suelimani with Sayyed Nasrallah -- Al Manar

Hezbollah Chief Says Iran Would Destroy Saudi Arabia In Any War

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Reuters: Hezbollah says Iran would destroy Saudi Arabia in any war

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Hezbollah warned Saudi Arabia on Friday against betting on a war against Iran because it would destroy the kingdom and said Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates should halt the conflict in Yemen to protect themselves.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, head of the Iran-backed Shi’ite Muslim group, also said new air defenses could not easily defend Saudi Arabia from the type of drones used in a Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi oil installations.

Tensions have spiked in the region since the attacks that officials in Washington and Riyadh have blamed on Iran, which has denied involvement. Responsibility was claimed by Yemen’s Houthi movement, an Iran-aligned group fighting a Saudi-led alliance in Yemen’s civil war.

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Update: Nasrallah warns Iran will ‘destroy’ Saudi Arabia if it attacks (Times of Israel)

WNU Editor: This is one very cocky Hezbollah leader.

U.S. Offering $10 million For Information On Hezbollah's Finances

DW: US offers $10 million for information on Hezbollah financing

Anyone who can offer information that would help the US disrupt Hezbollah's finances could get a $10 million reward. The US wants information on donors, as well as businesses controlled by the Shiite militant movement.

The United States on Monday offered a reward of up to $10 million (€8.9 million) for information that would allow the US to disrupt the finances of Lebanon's Shiite militant movement Hezbollah.

The State Department said it would give money to anyone who could provide intelligence that allows the United States to disrupt Hezbollah in key ways, including information on Hezbollah's donors, on financial institutions that assist its transactions and on businesses controlled by the movement.

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More News On The U.S. Offering $10 million For Information On Hezbollah's Finances

U.S. offers $10M for financial disruption to Hezbollah -- UPI
State Department offers $10 million reward to break up Hezbollah’s finances -- Washington Examiner
U.S. offering $10 million for info on Hezbollah's financial mechanisms -- Jerusalem Post
US Offers $10 Million Reward For Anyone Who Can Help "Disrupt" Hezbollah Finances -- Zero Hedge

Iran’s GPS Kits Have Turned Hezbollah Rockets Into Guided Missiles

A satellite image released by the Israel Defense Forces showing a site near Beirut’s international airport that the army says is being used by Hezbollah to convert regular missiles into precision-guided munitions, on September 27, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)

Daily Beast: To Target Israel, Iran’s ‘Suitcase’ GPS Kits Turn Hezbollah Rockets Into Guided Missiles

Military sources say Iran is refitting thousands of ‘dumb’ rockets in Syria and Lebanon so it can zero in on targets the length and breadth of Israel.

TEL AVIV – The Warsaw Conference on Middle East Peace and Security last week didn’t seem to deliver much in the way of peace or security for the assorted countries attending. There was, to be sure, a lot of tough talk against Iran and the projection of a united front as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several senior Arab officials all gathered in one room. Yet far away from the bright lights of the Trump-engineered summit, on the business end of the battle against Iran, Israeli security officials have a singular preoccupation: suitcases.

In interviews with The Daily Beast, senior Israeli military officers outlined new details about Iran’s plans to turn a vast arsenal of relatively dumb rockets in Syria and Lebanon into a deadly array of precision-guided missiles. The key, according to Israel, is a Global Positioning System (GPS) “kit” the size of small roll-aboard luggage.

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WNU Editor: This news was first reported in October ....

Iran sent Hezbollah advanced weapons to turn rockets into precision missiles, new flight data suggests (FOX News)
Iran sends Hezbollah GPS parts to turn rockets into precision missiles — report (Times of Israel)

Is The U.S. About To Target Hezbollah's Presence In Latin America?

The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires (Newspaper La Nación (Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)

Politico: How Trump Is Going After Hezbollah in America’s Backyard

The pro-Iranian militant group is up to no good in Latin America—and U.S. officials are pushing back.

The Trump administration is pushing back aggressively against what the intelligence community often refers to as the “Iran Threat Network” or ITN, and as part of that campaign it is especially keen to focus on the activities of Hezbollah, the pro-Iranian Lebanese militia, in Latin America. Now, new revelations about a Hezbollah cold case from 1994 underscore the importance of rolling back the group’s footprint in the region.

On July 19, 1994, the day after Hezbollah operatives blew up the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, the group sent a suicide bomber to take down a flight on Alas Chiricanas Airlines, a Panamanian commuter airliner carrying mostly Jewish passengers, including several Americans. The case languished for years, but the FBI appears to have recently collected new information which, together with evidence gleaned from other current investigations, is likely to serve as the basis for a variety of actions aimed at Hezbollah, the lynchpin of the ITN and Iran’s most powerful proxy group.

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WNU Editor: Talk about timing. The bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994 is already bringing back the spotlight on the actions of then President Cristina Fernandez during this time .... Former Argentine President Fernandez Has Been Charged With Treason. Judge Orders Arrest (December 7, 2017).

Hezbollah Boasts That It Is Using Drones To Bomb ISIS In Syria

Times of Israel: Hezbollah says it used drones to bomb Islamic State in Syria

Media outlet linked to terror group says unmanned craft struck jihadist targets during fighting along border.

A source in the coalition fighting in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime said Hezbollah has confirmed using attack drones in the fight against the Islamic State terror group.

The Lebanese terror group used the drones to hit IS positions in the Qalamoun mountains, near the border with Lebanon, a military media unit linked to the Shiite terror organization said, according to Reuters.

Video said to be from the drone showed unguided bombs being dropped on a site in the mountains.

While the official told the news agency it was the first such confirmation from the Lebanon-based group, a media unit connected to Hezbollah posted video of what it said was a drone dropping bombs near Aleppo last year.

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More News On Hezbollah Boasting That It Is Using Drones To Bomb ISIS In Syria

Hezbollah uses drones against IS in Syria- Hezbollah-run media -- Reuters
Hezbollah using weaponised drones against IS in Syria -- AFP
Hezbollah drones attack ISIS positions on the Lebanese border -- Ynetnews
Terror Drones Growing Danger to Israel and IDF: Experts -- Breaking Israel News
As Israel Faces Growing Threat From Enemy Drones, Science Fiction Comes to Life -- Algemeiner

Hezbollah Leader Says The Next War Will Be On Israeli Territory

Reuters: Hezbollah says future war would be on Israeli territory

Lebanese Hezbollah said on Thursday that any future conflict between the Shi'ite group and Israel could take place inside Israeli territory, as tensions rise between the arch foes.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, also said in a speech televised live that the group was dismantling all its military positions along Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, and this area would now be patrolled just by the Lebanese army.

Hezbollah, an ally of Tehran and Damascus, has been fighting for years in Syria's conflict against an array of rebels and Sunni Islamist fighters.

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More News On The Hezbollah Leader Saying The Next War Will Be On Israeli Territory

Nasrallah: Next war with Israel could be waged inside Israeli territory -- Times of Israel
Hezbollah says future war with Israel could take place in Israeli territory -- Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Next Confrontation With Israel Could Be Inside Israeli Territory -- Haaretz
Nasrallah taunts Israel in speech commemorating assassinated Hezbollah military-wing leader -- YNet News

Is Hezbollah On The Verge Of Bankruptcy?

A Hezbollah funeral for one of its fighters killed in Syria. (YouTube/Channel 4 News)

Times of Israel: Hezbollah nearly bankrupt, but Nasrallah awash in cash — report

German daily says military involvement in Syria and US sanctions have forced terror group to increasingly rely on illicit schemes to raise money.

The Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of its large outlays on fighting in Syria and from the increasing squeeze of US sanctions on its revenue streams, though top members continue to pad their own wallets.

According to a report Friday in the German daily Die Welt, Hezbollah’s increasing financial difficulties have led the group to increasingly rely on a number illicit schemes to earn money, including money laundering, drug trafficking and counterfeiting, as well as through its substantial property holdings.

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WNU Editor: Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian war must be a tremendous strain on its resources. But as long as the money continues to flow from Iran .... they will stay afloat.

Israeli Army Chief: Top Hezbollah Leader Killed By His Own Men

Top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine is seen in this handout picture released by Hezbollah Media office on May 13, 2016.

BBC: Israel: Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine 'killed by own men'

The Israeli military's chief of staff has added weight to Arab media reports that Hezbollah was behind the killing of its own commander in Syria in 2016.

Lt Gen Gadi Eisenkot said Israeli intelligence had similarly concluded that Mustafa Amine Badreddine was assassinated by his own men.

He was killed by a blast near Damascus, which the militant Lebanese Shia group blamed on Sunni extremist rebels.

Badreddine was believed to have run the group's operations in Syria since 2011.

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WNU Editor: The Arab news site Al Arabiya was the first to break this story a few weeks ago .... Al Arabiya investigates: Who really killed Hezbollah’s Mustafa Badreddine? (Al Arabiya).

More News On The Israeli Army Chief's Claim that A Top Hezbollah Leader Was Killed by His Own Men

Israeli army chief: Hezbollah leader killed by his own men -- AP
Israeli Army Chief: Hezbollah Leader Killed by His Own Men -- VOA
Israel's Army Chief: Hezbollah Commander Mustafa Badreddine Killed by His Own Men -- Haaretz
Israeli army chief says senior Hezbollah commander killed by his own men -- i24news
IDF chief: Hezbollah commander killed by his own men last year -- The Times of Israel
Hezbollah killed their own man in Syria, says Israel's army chief -- Al-Bawaba

Who Killed The Military Commander Of Hezbollah?

Mustafa Badreddine. Reuters

Shane Harris, Daily Beast: Who Really Killed a Playboy Terrorist?

One of the world’s most wanted terrorists met a fiery death last month. The mystery over who killed him is now an international guessing game—with the prime suspects in Washington.
Plenty of people wanted Mustafa Badreddine dead.

There were the Saudis, who blamed him for terror attacks in the kingdom and against its allies abroad.

The Israelis had already once tried to assassinate Badreddine, the military commander of Hezbollah and one of the most important and powerful figures in the organization.

Even Badreddine’s own Hezbollah brethren were said to have their knives out, feuding with the storied militant over where the group should devote its resources: Towards attacks against its longstanding enemy, Israel, or on the battlefields of Syria, where Badreddine had been commanding around 6,000 men in an all-out effort to prop up the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Some Hezbollah figures had also chastised Badreddine as an easily distracted womanizer who had developed a taste for the high-life, dining in fine restaurants and tooling around Lebanon in a Mercedes.

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WNU editor: Hezbollah is still trying to recover from this assassination .... Hezbollah reorganizing after the death of Badreddine (Ya Liban).

Arab League Declares Hezbollah A 'Terrorist' Organization

A youth watches Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speaking on television inside an electronics shop in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon December 21, 2015. REUTERS/ALI HASHISHO

Middle East Eye: Arab League declares Hezbollah a 'terrorist' organisation

Decision comes after GCC sanctioned Shia group and Saudi Arabia pulled billions in military funding for Lebanese state

Arab League foreign ministers have declared Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah a "terrorist" group, after Sunni-dominated Gulf monarchies adopted the same stance.

Nearly all members of the pan-Arab body supported the decision, but not Lebanon and Iraq which expressed "reservations", the bloc said in a statement read by Bahraini diplomat Wahid Mubarak Sayar.

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More News On The Arab League Declaring Hezbollah A 'Terrorist' Organization

Arab League brands Hezbollah group a terrorist organization -- AP
Arab League labels Hezbollah a terrorist organization -- Reuters
Arab League declares Lebanon's Hezbollah 'terror' group -- AFP
Arab League Lists Hezbollah as Terrorist Organization -- Sputnik

Is Hezbollah Changing?

A Hezbollah funeral for one of its fighters killed in Syria. (YouTube/Channel 4 News)

NOW: Hezbollah’s Shiite catch

“Hezbollah will not be destroyed; but it will change”

“Hezbollah is transforming. It has to change, because we are changing,” says Karim, with the authority of an accomplished expert. Although he is still 18 years old, Karim has already trained and fought with Hezbollah in Syria, gotten wounded and left the party a few weeks after his injury. His involvement in Syria’s war, in addition to the fact that he’s lived all his life in the heart of the southern suburbs of Beirut, makes him look and sound much older than his real age. His familiarity with the nuances of life there, and acute observations on how the party and the community are changing, makes it very hard to argue with him.

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WNU Editor: The wars in Syria and Yemen and the ever increasing body-bags being brought back to Lebanon must be impacting the Shiite community in ways that were unfathomable only a few years ago. But will this be enough to cause change .... only time will tell.