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Beirut promise to disarm Hezbollah ‘only ink on paper,’ Lebanese Hezbollah expert says - interview

Hanin Ghaddar, previously a journalist for Lebanese newspapers, has personally seen how significantly entrenched Hezbollah is within Lebanon’s military and government.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Mourners attend the funeral of Hezbollah terrorist in Kfar Sir, Lebanon, April 21, 2026
IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon, published by the IDF on April 22, 2026.

Israel told US to pressure Lebanon into acting against Hezbollah or risk ceasefire collapse - KAN

The main obstacle of the ceasfire, however, is Hezbollah and its political ally Nabih Berri, Lebanon’s parliment speaker and leader of the Shi'ite Amal Movement.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
(From R) LEBANESE PRESIDENT Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, and cabinet members attend a session on the army’s plan to disarm Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Sept. 5, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Lebanon succeeds in separating its path from Iran

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
IDF troops operating in southern Lebanon on April 22, 2026.

Inside the vortex: Why Israel keeps getting dragged into the Lebanese mud

BEHIND THE LINES: The “Lebanese mud,” as the Hebrew phrase has it, never seems quite to be finally scraped off the IDF’s boots.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER

‘If we got rid of Hezbollah, we wouldn’t need five outposts,’ Kiryat Shmona Spokesman says

Reporter's notebook: The 'Post' visits northern communities at Lebanon border after IDF withdrawal.

FEBRUARY 20, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Jerusalem Post visited various spots near the border with Lebanon in order to see and hear from soldiers and northern residents how their lives have improved since the ceasefire, and whether they still feel safe after the IDF withdrawl

Lebanese government to seek new IMF program, policy statement says

New Lebanese government to pursue IMF talks, restructure banks, and address economic collapse.

FEBRUARY 18, 2025ByREUTERS
Member of the Lebanese army stands at the entrance of Deir Mimas, Southern Lebanon, February 17, 2025

Iranian plane refused landing in Lebanon after IDF threat

The Iranian plane took off from Tehran and was carrying Lebanese passengers.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A plane is seen on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, Lebanon. October 15, 2024.

Fresh clashes expose Syria’s lingering Lebanon problem - analysis

Syria’s government has only a handful of leftover Syrian regime equipment, such as old tanks that date from the 1990s or the Soviet era.

FEBRUARY 9, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

IDF implements extensive security measures across northern Israel

In a response to the threats in the region, around 1,300 protective shelters and 20 fortified guard posts have been installed across northern Israel.

FEBRUARY 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo, recently toured the northern evacuated communities along the Lebanese border

Hezbollah is not defeated and is re-emerging in Lebanon - analysis

The goal of Hezbollah was to keep quiet and make it seem that the ceasefire deal was achieving something.

JANUARY 27, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

At least 22 killed as IDF fires on suspects returning to southern Lebanon

If the Lebanese army deploys faster to the rest of southern Lebanon, the IDF might feel compelled to complete its withdrawal faster as well.

JANUARY 26, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF operating in Lebanon, published January 16, 2024

Hezbollah lawmaker says Lebanese opponents are working to exclude the group

Raad said his group had "extended its hand" by helping to secure Aoun's election as Lebanon's president last week, only to find the "hand cut off."

JANUARY 13, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal (L) sits next to Lebanese Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad at the Arab and international forum in support of resistance movements in Beirut on January 15, 2009

Bernie Sanders receives a vote for president of Lebanon as army chief wins

Sanders won another term in the Senate last November but, for multiple reasons, is ineligible to lead Lebanon.

JANUARY 10, 2025ByBEN SALES/JTA
US politician Bernie Sanders at the launch of his book "It's Okay to Be Angry at Capitalism" at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Oct. 12, 2023.

Who is Joseph Aoun, the Lebanese army commander elected president? - explainer

Aoun's media appearances are extremely rare, and he has not stated a view on Hezbollah's arsenal.

JANUARY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Lebanon's army chief Joseph Aoun stand after Aoun is elected as the country's President at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.