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Iran’s friends vanishing: Why Maduro’s arrest matters for Israel - analysis

While Venezuela was not an Iranian proxy in the Syrian or Hezbollah mold, it functioned as an enabler, providing funds that helped sustain Iran’s proxies.

Illustrative image of Iranian and Venezuelan flags.
Members of the Lebanese army walk near Beirut international airport, Lebanon, February 15, 2025

Hezbollah's airport arms smuggler killed in targeted IDF strike

 A plane is seen on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, Lebanon. October 15, 2024.

Iranian plane refused landing in Lebanon after IDF threat

 CROWDS GATHER outside American University of Beirut Medical Center after thousands of Hezbollah operatives were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, on Tuesday.

The 'Pager Plot' shows that when Israel is pushed, it will do whatever it takes to win - editorial


Iran facing a battle to stop Middle East normalization with Israel - analysis

In a speech by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he claimed any countries that would normalize with Israel were “betting on a losing horse.”

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Israel's enemies see opportunity in its crisis

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech on Monday, said Israel was on a "path of collapse and fragmentation."

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, carry flags as they ride in a convoy, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Houla village, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2023

The 41-year-old ‘cold case’ of missing IRGC commander finally solved - analysis

Ahmad Motevaselian disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 and for many decades Iran blamed Israel for his disappearance.

 Members of special IRGC forces attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Israel’s security is a matter of agreement, a permanent red line - opinion

Since taking office, Netanyahu has focused on the issue of Iran's allies in Syria and Lebanon and placed it at the top of his priorities.

 SYRIAN FOREIGN Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during a joint news conference with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian, in Damascus, last week

Iran trying to buy Lebanon with fuel, says Defense Minister Gantz

Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned that Iran is trying to establish bases on Lebanese soil as the maritime deal nears conclusion.

 A Shi'ite Muslim woman carries a picture of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's suburbs, Lebanon August 9, 2022.

IDF detects limited Iranian, Hezbollah withdrawal from Syria

Inside Israel's fight to thwart Tehran’s aspirations of regional hegemony and to thwart the smuggling of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah in Lebanon from Iran.

 A ROAD is decorated with banners depicting Syria’s President Bashar Assad, and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the Lebanese village al-Ain, close to the border with Syria.

Will maritime-border settlement imply Lebanon's indirect recognition of Israel? - analysis

If a deal materializes, sooner or later, will Hezbollah tie its own hands by neutralizing the "resistance" and saying that Israel has respected all its commitments to Lebanon?

  Karish gas field, located in Israel territory and disputed by Lebanon.

Did Iran copy Israeli missiles for its drone production? - analysis

A Ukrainian report claiming that Iran copied Israel's Spike anti-missile tank and put it on a drone has been circulating in Iran - exactly how Iran wants.

 This photo was taken at the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day 2022 parade in Tehran.

Here's why Iran and Hezbollah use drone attack as bragging rights - analysis

Hezbollah has the drones, to carry out an attack and Iran has a history of “drip drip” of drone threats. This is what gives the two bragging rights.

 An Iranian woman holds a Hezbollah flag during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence, in Tehran, Iran May 18, 2021.

Hezbollah drones 'delivered the message' to Israel, says pro-Iranian media - analysis

Iranian media also examined how the drone threat could lead to a naval conflict with Israel.

A drone is being launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 6, 2021.