Hezbollah leader in-hiding speaks via video
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks via live video from his hiding place, as clashes between pro-government forces and the Hezbollah-led opposition continue throughout Lebanon for a second day, leaving many parts of Beirut and other towns deserted on May 8, 2008. A general labor strike that was called for yesterday has expanded into armed confrontation between the two groups. (UPI Photo)
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As Western powers prepare to provide weapons to rebels in Syria's civil war, Iran is reported to be planning to send a 4,000-man contingent of Revolutionary Guards to beef up President Bashar Assad's forces.
Israeli forces went on alert early Thursday as fighting broke out on the disputed Golan Heights in southern Syria, where Israel occupied part of the strategic plateau, between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to embattled President Bashar Assad.
Recent clashes between Hezbollah and Syrian rebels on Lebanese soil have heightened alarm that Lebanon is becoming a new front in Syria's civil war.
Hezbollah played a key role in defeating Syrian rebels in Qusair but the Iranian-backed Shiite movement reportedly lost many battle-seasoned veterans.
At least four people were wounded Sunday by two rockets shot into in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, officials said.
Syria launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire in a week in Qusair Saturday in an attempt to retake the town from rebels, anti-government activists said.
The U.S. government rejects Hezbollah's role in the Syrian conflict and affirms its support for Lebanon's policy of disassociation, a government spokesman said.
Statements this week by Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah could drag Lebanon into war, members of a pro-Western coalition said.
Cases in Kenya and Nigeria suggests Iran is using Africa as a new front is it's clandestine war against the United States and Israel.
The Lebanese government hasn't done enough to prevent retaliatory attacks along the border with Syria, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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