Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with the head of the Tarqumiya checkpoint project Bezalel Trayberin in the occupied West Bank near the town of Hebron on March 24, 2008. In a radio address today Barak affirmed that Israel was ready to face any revenge attacks from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah for the killing of the movements military cheif Imad Mughnieh 40 days ago today. (UPI Photo//Mehdi Fedouach/Pool)
Imad Mughnieh is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:
Israel Caught Between Islamist Crossfire: Lebanon Pays Price
Both Israel and Hezbollah feel that another round of violence is inevitable, though for the moment neither side wants to initiate a fight, the consequences of which would be devastating for all sides.
Israel Threatens to Decimate Lebanon
JERUSALEM -- Three senior Israeli military commanders have threatened to decimate Lebanons infrastructure with disproportionate firepower, wipe out villages in the south from where they believe attacks on Israel originate and to treat both the Lebanese government and the entire country as the enemy not just Hezbollah, in the next war.
Swap: 'Joy in Lebanon, Pain in Israel'
AMMAN -- The stark difference between a scene of jubilation in Lebanon and grief in Israel as prisoners and remains were exchanged with Hezbollah on Wednesday underlined what both sides generally view as a triumph for the Lebanese guerrilla group and a defeat for Israel in their ongoing conflict.
Signs Point to Impending Syrian Breakaway From Iran
AMMAN -- Speculation is growing that Syria is ready to distance itself from Iran and come to the Western fold if the United States and its allies ultimately reward Damascus with political, financial and military support.
The Syrian Riddle
The international community had shunned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad completely since 2005 when he was forced to "officially" remove his troops from occupied Lebanon. But he is not a pariah anymore. He has now become a hot ticket courted from Jerusalem to Ankara and Paris, to name a few. How did Assad realize this tour de force?
Lebanon: Pulling the trigger on weapons
Hezbollahs recent flexing of muscles in Lebanon may well lead to an unintended effect – the long-overdue disarming of the militant group.
