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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, meets with the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz of Spain, center, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 10, 2023. The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border relayed Monday an Israeli request to remove a tent set up by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed area along the frontier, the foreign minister said Monday. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Israel asks Lebanon to remove militant Hezbollah tent from tense border area

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

U.N. peacekeepers patrol on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Wazzani with border village Ghajar in the background, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Israeli forces shelled a southern Lebanese border village on Thursday after several explosions were heard in a disputed area where the borders of Syria, Lebanon and Israel meet. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Israeli forces shell southern Lebanon border village after rocket lands near disputed territory

By Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

In this picture released by the Hezbollah's military media unit, a Hezbollah fighter stands next to an Israeli drone that was shot down in a disputed area known as Chebaa Farms on the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, Monday, June 26, 2023. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said its fighters shot down an Israeli drone Monday that was flying near the border and over southern Lebanon. (Hezbollah Military Media via AP)

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone near the southern border

Associated Press

Lebanese lawmakers gather to elect a president at the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Lawmakers convened Wednesday in another attempt to elect a president and break a seven-month power vacuum that has roiled the tiny Mediterranean country. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese lawmakers fail in yet another attempt to elect president, end power vacuum

By Bassem Mroue and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

A Hezbollah member wears a vest with Arabic that reads: &quot;40 years and we stay with Hussein (the Prophet Muhammad's grand son),&quot; during the holy day of Ashoura that commemorates the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 9, 2022. Forty years since it was founded, Lebanon's Hezbollah has transformed from a ragtag organization to the largest and most heavily armed militant group in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah at 40 stronger than ever but has more enemies

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid chairs the first cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, July 3, 2022, days after lawmakers dissolved parliament. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel’s caretaker PM Lapid holds first Cabinet meeting

By Tia Goldenberg - Associated Press

A Hezbollah supporter holds up an Arabic banner that reads: &quot;At your service Nasrallah,&quot; as he attends an election campaign, in Baalbek, east Lebanon, Friday, May 13, 2022. Despite a devastating economic collapse and multiple other crises gripping Lebanon, the culmination of decades of corruption and mismanagement, the deeply divisive issue of Hezbollah's weapons has been at the center of Sunday's vote for a new 128-member parliament. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah weapons at the heart of Lebanon’s elections Sunday

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Supporters and members of the Popular Mobilization Forces hold posters of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. Hundreds rally in Baghdad on Soleimani assassination anniversary, chanting anti-American slogans, hundreds of people rallied in in the Iraqi capital on the first day of the year Saturday to mark the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Risk of U.S.-Iran shadow conflict in Iraq grows as Tehran-backed militias lash out, lose allies

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Lebanese army stand guard near the Justice Palace as supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal groups protest against Judge Tarek Bitar who is investigating last year's deadly seaport blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

6 killed in Beirut clashes as tensions over blast probe soar

By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Hezbollah supporters listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as he speaks via a video link during Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the death of Immam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century, in southern Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. Nasrallah said Thursday that the first Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon &quot;within hours&quot; warning Israel and the United States not to intercept it. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah says Iranian fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon soon

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

A Lebanese army soldier displays part of an Israeli missile from an airstrike in Dimashqiya farmlands, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Aug 5, 2021. Israel on Thursday escalated its response to rocket attacks this week by launching rare airstrikes on Lebanon, the army and Lebanese officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Hezbollah group says it fired rockets after Israeli airstrikes

By Laurie Kellman - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2021, file photo, Lebanese wave Hezbollah and Palestinian flags, as they stand in front of the Israeli town of Metula, background, on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon. Lebanon's Hezbollah militia looms large over the current Israel-Hamas war, even though it has stayed out of the fighting so far. Hezbollah's firepower is far greater than that of Gaza's Hamas rulers, and Israel keeps a wary eye on its northern border for any signs Hezbollah might get off the sidelines. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

On the sidelines, Hezbollah looms large over Gaza battle

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Hezbollah and its masters in Tehran and Lebanon illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Hezbollah and its masters in Tehran bring darkness to Lebanon

By Clifford D. May

Israeli military says it downed Hezbollah drone

Associated Press

This photo provided by Monika Borgmann shows her husband, Lokman Slim, a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim group, at his desk in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Jan. 5, 2017. Slim was killed Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Borgmann said she is discussing with lawyers and friends how to push for an international investigation into her husband's murder. (Lokman Slim family via AP)

Family, friends bid farewell to slain Lebanese publisher

Associated Press

Hezbollah harm and murder illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Who killed Lokman Slim?

By Clifford D. May

German Monika Borgmann, wife of Lokman Slim, a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim political party, which has an armed wing of the same name, who was killed Thursday, speaks during an interview at her house in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Borgmann said she is discussing with lawyers and friends how to push for an international investigation into her husband's murder. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Wife: No signs of torture on body of slain Hezbollah critic

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Rasha, sister of Lokman Slim, a longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, who has been found dead in his car, speaks to journalists at her house in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Family of Lebanese activist wants to know if he was tortured

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Body of Lokman Slim, a longtime Shiite political activist and researcher, who has been found dead in his car, lies on the ground as Lebanese security forces inspect the scene in Addoussieh village, in the southern province of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Prominent Lebanese Hezbollah critic found killed in his car

By AHMAD MANTASH and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Hezbollah and Europe illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Europe must unite against Hezbollah

By Tsvetan Tsvetanov