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People take care of injured after an explosion in Kerman, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 73 people and wounded over 170 others, state-run media in Iran reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mahdi Karbakhsh Ravari)

Deadly explosions at memorial for Iranian general add new edge to regional tensions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis southern Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud)

Ex-Israeli intelligence official says Iran likely knew of Hamas assault ahead of time

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of their comrade, Mohammed Ali Assaf, who was killed by an Israeli strike in Syria Friday morning, during his funeral procession in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group has announced the death of seven of its fighters without giving details on where they were killed. A Hezbollah official and a Lebanese security official said the seven fighters were killed in neighboring Syria Friday morning. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah says it is introducing new weapons in ongoing battles with Israeli troops

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Iranian demonstrators watch a speech of the Lebanon's militant Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on a screen as they hold flags of Iran, Palestinians and Hezbollah during a pro-Palestinian rally in a downtown square in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. In his first public speech since the war began, Nasrallah said his group had "entered the battle" with the past weeks' unprecedented cross-border fighting. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hezbollah chief warns Israel of escalation, threatens that U.S. troops ‘will pay the price’

By Ben Wolfgang and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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

In this Nov. 3, 2014 file photo, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses supporters in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. The Hezbollah leader said Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, they still welcome the French initiative to help Lebanon out of its crisis, but said Paris has to change its approach in dealing with local factions and not blame everyone for the failure of forming a new Cabinet. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah says it has doubled its arsenal of guided missiles

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Amin Sherri, a Lebanese lawmaker of the Hezbollah bloc, center, speaks with families of the victims who were missing from the Aug. 4 explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. For many, the Iran-backed Hezbollah now stands at the top of Lebanon’s sectarian-based system of power — and so is complicit in the corruption many blame for the port disaster and for driving the country into near bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon’s powerhouse Hezbollah hit by backlash after blast

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his picture, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah has thrown his support behind the Lebanese government seeking financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund but said it should negotiate the conditions cautiously. Nasrallah’s comments on Monday, May 4, 2020, came four days after the country’s prime minister said Lebanon will seek a rescue deal from the IMF to help the nation find a way out of a crippling financial crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Nasrallah says Lebanon should not observe US Syria sanctions

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Illustration on Iranian proxies by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump rejects the fake separation between Iran and its militias

By Tony Badran

A supporter of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah wears the words &quot;powerful revenge&quot; on her hand, ahead of the leader's televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The placard in her other hand depicts Soleimaini and Iraq's Popular Mobilization forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was also killed in the strike. Arabic on placard reads: &quot;On the road to Jerusalem.&quot; (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hezbollah says payback for US strike has just begun

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Posters of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani are placed on chairs as supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gather for his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Soleimani. The posters read: &quot;Sayyad of martyrs in the axis of resistance. The martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani.&quot; (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hezbollah: Payback for U.S. strike has just begun

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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah built a reputation among supporters in Lebanon as a champion of the poor and a defender of the country against Israel's much more powerful military. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a coalition government

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters wave Lebanese flags and chant, &quot;the people want to bring down the regime&quot; outside the office of legislator Mohammed Raad, the powerful head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanese protests test Hezbollah’s role as Shiites’ champion

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

A motorcycle police officer passes by broken glass doors of a shop in the aftermath of a protest against the Lebanese government in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. The blaze of protests was unleashed a day earlier when the government announced a slate of new proposed taxes, including a $6 monthly fee for using Whatsapp voice calls. Arabic on the wall reads &quot;Revolution, left, Leave.&quot; (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s Nasrallah says he’s against government resignation

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - This Sunday Aug. 25, 2019 file photo, people listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah being broadcast on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel, at a coffee shop in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah has called Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 on Saudi Arabia to stop the war in Yemen otherwise it will face more attacks on its soil. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Hezbollah tells Saudi Arabia to stop Yemen war

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In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech in Kyiv, Ukraine. The long shadow war between Israel and Iran has burst into the open in recent days, with Israel allegedly striking Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq and crash-landing two drones in Lebanon. These incidents, along with an air raid in Syria that Israel says thwarted an imminent Iranian drone attack, have raised tensions at a particularly fraught time. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Israel’s shadow war with Iran bursts into the open

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel threatens ‘crushing’ response to any Hezbollah strike

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Hezbollah fighters march at a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s Nasrallah says his group has no missile factories

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah warns US pressure on Iran may backfire

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Supporter of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group listen to a speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, via a video link, during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyr's Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it won’t give up its rockets

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