OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group’s conditions for further prisoner deals with Israel.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group's conditions for further prisoner deals with Israel.
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Alertnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
Source: Reuters By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, July 22 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...
Doc's Talk (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Arab Point of View Mshari Al-Zaydi How can progressive intellectuals claiming to be propagating enlightenment, freedom and openness, support a fundamentalist party such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which openly declares through [its Secretary General] Hassan Nasrallah that it is part of Wilayat-e-Faqih? And why do these intellectuals support a fundamentalist group that has dominated over and transformed...
English Webster (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Samir Kuntar is sitting under a photo of himself standing next to Hassan Nasrallah and telling friends that he almost didn't come home. As Israel was getting ready to free Kuntar last Wednesday, the Lebanese militant told guards that he didn't want to walk to freedom in a prison uniform. When the Israeli guards refused, Kuntar said he told them to call off the deal. "I've kept my dignity for 30 years,"...
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Beirut / Jerusalem - A high-ranking Israeli security source has advised Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah not to go out from hiding, a day after a similar threat was made against released prisoner Samir Qantar. The Israeli daily Haaretz quoted the source as saying "that he doesn't advise Nasrallah to leave his hideout, (a move) which could be dangerous." Nasrallah made a brief appearance at...
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
From MEMRI, On July 16, 2008, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the occasion of the prisoners exchange. Excerpts published in English on the Iranian Press TV website are as follows. In the name of God the merciful, I thank God, peace be upon our prophet Mohammad, peace also be upon his family, peace be upon all his friends and colleagues, peace be upon all
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
Nasrallah celebrating the release of prisoners at the al-Rayah stadium On July 16, 2008, Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech on the occasion of the prisoners exchange. Excerpts published in English on the Iranian Press ... July 17, 2008, 5:32 pm
Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Contrary to the Arab media, the BBC seems to be excited . ( JPost ) While Hizbullah on Wednesday went to great lengths in its attempts to paint the prisoner swap with Israel as a victory, emphasizing the fact that the group's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah had kept to his word and managed to release murderer Samir Kuntar, a leading Arab paper ridiculed the perceived "victory." "The Radwan deal," the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah joins thousands of supporters in Beirut to celebrate release of five soldiers freed by Israel in exchange deal
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah joins thousands of supporters in Beirut to celebrate release of five soldiers freed by Israel in exchange deal
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Hezbollah's leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the freed Lebanese militants released Wednesday by Israel in return for the bodies of two soldiers. Hezbollah organized elaborate ceremonies to celebrate the return of the five men as Lebanon's government declared Wednesday a national holiday in c...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is trumpeting that he has "kept his promise" in having five prisoners and the remains of 199 others returned to Lebanon by Israel. This indeed enhances Hezbollah's prestige, while Israel, although getting back the bodies of two soldiers abducted in 2006, has drawn widespread criticism for appearing to come off worse in the exchange. And why did the Israelis wait so...
Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
The leader of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has personally welcomed home five militants freed by Israel. The Israelis handed over the prisoners, along with the remains of 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters, in exchange for the remains of two of soldiers. The soldiers’ capture in 2006 sparked a brief war [...]
