https://mena-studies.org/tags/hezbollah/Recent content in Hezbollah on MENA Research CenterHugoen-GBSun, 28 Sep 2025 19:33:38 +0200https://mena-studies.org/lebanon-a-historic-day-in-court/Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:29:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/lebanon-a-historic-day-in-court/On a sweltering morning, something unusual unfolds in front of the Justice Palace in the centre of Lebanon’s capital Beirut: a group of men in suits steps out, calling the day “historic.” “We have filed a lawsuit against Naim Qassem. Ten years ago this would…https://mena-studies.org/the-dilemma-of-disarming-hezbollah-in-lebanon/Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:25:59 +0200https://mena-studies.org/the-dilemma-of-disarming-hezbollah-in-lebanon/The debate in Lebanon over disarming Iran-backed Hezbollah is intensifying. The Lebanese government has approved a U.S. plan, through a cabinet decision, stipulating that all weapons in the country must be placed under state control by the end of 2025. This…https://mena-studies.org/lebanon-once-again-at-a-crossroads/Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/lebanon-once-again-at-a-crossroads/While debates were still underway in Beirut’s presidential palace over whether Hezbollah’s disarmament should even be on the agenda, the spokesperson of the Iran-backed militia, Naim Kassim, appeared on television. “We cannot accept that Lebanon gradually…https://mena-studies.org/irans-lost-influence-in-the-middle-east-and-its-alternative/Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:13:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/irans-lost-influence-in-the-middle-east-and-its-alternative/It appears that Iran has come to realize that its influence has significantly diminished in the Middle East. In the best-case scenarios, Tehran needs many years to repair its troubled relationships with the active states in the region. This comes after the…https://mena-studies.org/between-partnership-and-enmity-the-complex-history-of-israeli-iranian-relations/Sat, 14 Jun 2025 09:44:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/between-partnership-and-enmity-the-complex-history-of-israeli-iranian-relations/Today, Israel and Iran rank among the fiercest rivals in the Middle East. Their mutual hostility is marked by sharp rhetoric, proxy conflicts, and a tense security situation with global implications. However, this deep-rooted confrontation has not always…https://mena-studies.org/islamist-axis-the-ideological-convergence-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-irans-clerical-regime/Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:40:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/islamist-axis-the-ideological-convergence-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-irans-clerical-regime/Although they appear at first glance as opposites—on one side the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, on the other the Shiite regime in Tehran—the two movements share far more than what divides them. Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the ideological proximity…https://mena-studies.org/irans-risks-and-western-pressure/Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:42:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/irans-risks-and-western-pressure/“We cannot allow them to have a nuclear weapon,” said the American president at the White House, addressing Tehran. “We are in the final stages with Iran. Something will happen very soon.”https://mena-studies.org/the-fall-of-assads-regime-in-syria-between-hopes-and-threats/Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/the-fall-of-assads-regime-in-syria-between-hopes-and-threats/The collapse of the long-standing regime of Bashar al-Assad, and with it the Syrian Arab Republic, has been viewed by many commentators as a positive development. In…https://mena-studies.org/mena-discussion-recent-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas/Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/mena-discussion-recent-conflict-between-israel-and-hamas/Experts Michel Wyss, lecturer at the Military Academy of the Swiss Armed Forces and Prof. Richard Machnikowski from the University of Lodz unpack the rising tensions in the Middle East, focusing on the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas and the broader…