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Iran’s Naval Shadow War

Alma Research August 25, 2021

By: Yaakov Lappin As Iran’s confidence rises, its hostile activity at sea, and use of shipping to smuggle weapons and oil, have also risen as

Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah: Did New Dynamics Lead to August’s Security Escalation?

Alma Research August 24, 2021

Written by Yaakov Lappin Israel’s border with Lebanon is deceptively quiet on most days, but the month of August provided the latest example of how

Hezbollah Senior Hajj Abbas al-Yatama (Abu Maytham), Dies After Struggling From COVID-19

Alma Research August 22, 2021

One of Hezbollah’s senior figures Hajj Abbas al-Yatama (Abu Maytham), died last week after struggling from COVID-19. He took part in the Second Lebanon War

The New Deterrence Equation – Nasrallah’s Fuel Tank Threat

Alma Research August 19, 2021

“Do not try us in any kind of war – military or economic.” Nasrallah threatened in his speech this morning (August 19) on the occasion

AFGANISTAN IS DOOMED – WHAT’S NEXT?

Alma Research August 19, 2021

The main headlines this week were the events in Afghanistan. Here in Israel, we watch them with concern. On the other side of the border,

The Explosion in Akkar: Hezbollah Cynically Reinforcing the Narrative “Hezbollah the Economic Defender”

Alma Research August 18, 2021

The explosion in Akkar: a trigger for Hezbollah to cynically reinforce the narrative of not only being Lebanon’s “military defender”, but also its “economic defender”

Would the “Good Neighbor” Project Be Relevant for Southern Lebanon Should the Lebanese State Collapse?

Alma Research August 16, 2021

Article by: Teddy Sapir The ongoing political crisis in Lebanon has led the country to social, economic, and medical chaos. The situation was intensified by the

A Busy Weekend on the Northern Border – August 6th

Alma Research August 15, 2021

On August 6th, Hezbollah fired rockets towards Israel, taking responsibility for this act of terror for the first time in 15 years. Much was published

Category: Alma’s Blog

Iran’s Naval Shadow War

Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah: Did New Dynamics Lead to August’s Security Escalation?

Hezbollah Senior Hajj Abbas al-Yatama (Abu Maytham), Dies After Struggling From COVID-19

The New Deterrence Equation – Nasrallah’s Fuel Tank Threat

AFGANISTAN IS DOOMED – WHAT’S NEXT?

The Explosion in Akkar: Hezbollah Cynically Reinforcing the Narrative “Hezbollah the Economic Defender”

Would the “Good Neighbor” Project Be Relevant for Southern Lebanon Should the Lebanese State Collapse?

A Busy Weekend on the Northern Border – August 6th

Qatar in Syria and Lebanon: Mapping Economic, Strategic, and Political Activity

Hezbollah – Situation Assessment: From a Large-Scale Terrorist Army to a Persistent Dispersed Threat

The “Qawluna wal-Amal” Association: Hezbollah’s Sunni Influence Arm in the Bekaa

Disarming Iraq’s Militias: Iran’s Strategic Shift—and the Limited Lessons for Lebanon

Lebanon Rejected Iran’s Ambassador-Designate But Found a Way to Keep Him in Beirut

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