Lebanese nationalism

Thousands of diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks reveal how Saudi Arabia apparently uses its deep pockets to buy international support, but the kingdom insists it is doing nothing out of the ordinary.
 
The whistleblowing website has released about 70,000 documents it said were obtained from the Saudi foreign ministry, of more than half a million it says it received.

Cyprus police say a trial date has been set for a Lebanese-Canadian man who was arrested in connection with the seizure of more than five tons of a chemical compound that can be converted into an explosive.

A Lebanese-Canadian man detained in Greek Cyprus after two tonnes of potential bomb-making material was found in his home was reported by media May 29 to be a member of the militant group Hezbollah.

A Lebanese man travelling under a Canadian passport was arrested on Thursday in the Cypriot coastal town of Larnaca after authorities recovered two tons of potential bomb-making material in his apartment.
The suspect, 26, had reportedly been under police surveillance.
According to reports, more than 400 boxes of ammonium nitrate were seized along with 10,000 euros.

The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah on May 24 urged broad support for his movement's fight in Syria, saying it was engaged in an existential battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). 

The United States has put on its terrorism blacklist two men identified as key suspects in the bombing of a bus at Bulgaria's Burgas in 2012 attributed to Hizbollah organisation.

The State Department said in a statement it has designated Meliad Farah and Hassan el-Hajj Hassan, both believed to be located in Lebanon, as "specially designated global terrorists".

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Jan. 30 his Shiite militant group is not seeking confrontation with Israel but does not fear a new war or taking the conflict beyond Lebanon's borders.
      

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon?s Hezbollah it will pay the ?full price? after missiles killed two Israeli soldiers Jan. 28 in an attack that raised fears of another all-out war.

A Spanish U.N. peacekeeper was killed as Israel and Hezbollah exchanged artillery fire -the most serious clashes between the bitter enemies in years - following the attack by the Hezbollah.

Iran confirmed Jan.19 that a general of its elite Revolutionary Guards died in an Israeli strike on Syria that also killed six members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
      
"General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi and a number of fighters and Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) forces were attacked by the Zionist regime's helicopters," said a statement on the Guards' website.

Israel carried out an air strike in the Syrian sector of the Golan Heights on Sunday, killing six members of Hezbollah.

Among the victims is the son of Hezbollah's late military leader, a current commander and at least one Iranian, the BBC reports.

The members of the Lebanese movement were killed while completing a reconnaissance mission in the Syrian province of Quneitra.