Defense Expert Says Hezbollah Poses Cyber Warfare Threat

The Center for Strategic and International Studies' James Lewis says Hezbollah uses "cool" technology that, while not the most advanced, can be part of "any war."

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Mideast Expert Says Hezbollah Controls Shia In Lebanon

By Michael Combier-Talk Radio News Service

Middle East Institute Scholar Graeme Bannerman says that the Shia community in Lebanon considers Hezbollah as their mentor and their leader. (0:27)
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Mideast Expert Says Majority Of Hezbollah Are Shia

By Michael Combier-Talk Radio News Service

Middle East Institute Scholar Graeme Bannerman says that 95 percent of the Shia voting population has voted for Hezbollah in the recent Parliamentary election in Lebanon and that for this reason the organization cannot be pushed aside from the political arena. (0:15)
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Expert: Lebanese President On 'A Balancing Act'

Bilal Saab, a Lebanon expert at the Brookings Institution, explains that the Lebanese president is faced with a 'balancing act' as he should try to satisfy two opposing groups. Indeed, the radical Hezbollah party does not trust the President for his Western inclinations whilst the March 14th coalition of anti-Syrians believes the President is too lenient with the Syrians. As a result, the President might not be granted additional powers. (0:41)
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Bug spray won’t work in Iran

At the Iran’s Nuclear Aspirations hearing, Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) says Iran is more than just a ‘pest’. He refers to it as the most malevolent country in the world and he commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Hezbollah bombings of marine corps barracks in Beirut. (0:49)
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“Hezbollah had exerted control over pretty much all of West Beirut”

Council on Foreign Relations Fellow Mohamad Bazzi describes how he woke up today to gunfire, as Hezbollah fighters moved methodically through the streets. He says they took over offices and media under the Sunni leader, Saad Hariri, but then turned them back over to the Lebanese army. He says by midday Hezbollah was able to exert control over pretty much all of West Beirut. (1:06)
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Violent outbursts caught people in Lebanon by surprise

Mohamad Bazzi, Council on Foreign Relations fellow on the ground in Beirut, says that the recent outbursts of violence caught most people in Lebanon by surprise. He says that the violence over the last four to five days is rooted in events that transpired over the weekend, when Hezbollah was accused of spying on the Lebanese state with a camera trained on a runway of Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport. (0:59)
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