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photo--Lebanese Hezbollah members participate in a rally in Beirut on Sept.18
October 14, 2009 2143 GMT
Iran is acting with a sense of urgency to get its militant proxies in position should its ongoing nuclear standoff with the West take a turn for the worse. (With STRATFOR map) [more]
A screen capture taken from video released by Israel Defense Forces
October 14, 2009 1738 GMT
A large munitions blast in southern Lebanon late Oct. 13 appears to have been the work of Israeli intelligence targeting Hezbollah. (With STRATFOR map) [more]
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah addresses the crowds through a video link during a rally on Aug. 14
October 6, 2009 2020 GMT
The decline of a major Hezbollah financier has shaken the group, but Iran's damage control efforts have kept the Shiite militant organization under tight control. [more]
An Israeli woman surveying damage after a rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit the northern Israeli town of Nahariya on Jan. 8
September 11, 2009 1925 GMT
Israel's measured response to rockets fired from Lebanese territory show that Israel is not looking for a fight on Lebanese soil right now. [more]
photo -- Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi
Riyadh is using its oil revenues to lure Shiite Lebanese students to the Saudi workforce. [more]
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