Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

File photo dated September 18, 2024 shows shiite cleric and head of Hezbollah's Executive Council Hashim Safieddine delivering a speech during funeral organized by Hezbollah for four victims killed in the explosions of pagers or paging devices in an unprecedented attack on Lebanon and Syria, in Ghobeiri area, in Beirut's southern suburb. The Israeli military say they killed the cleric tipped to succeed the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air strike nearly three weeks ago. Hashem Safieddine died in air strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia Muslim organisation fighting Israel, has not confirmed Safieddine's death. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

File photo dated September 18, 2024 shows shiite cleric and head of Hezbollah's Executive Council Hashim Safieddine delivering a speech during funeral organized by Hezbollah for four victims killed in the explosions of pagers or paging devices in an unprecedented attack on Lebanon and Syria, in Ghobeiri area, in Beirut's southern suburb. The Israeli military say they killed the cleric tipped to succeed the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air strike nearly three weeks ago. Hashem Safieddine died in air strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia Muslim organisation fighting Israel, has not confirmed Safieddine's death. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

Israel Says It Killed Nasrallah's Heir Apparent

File photo dated September 18, 2024 shows shiite cleric and head of Hezbollah's Executive Council Hashim Safieddine delivering a speech during funeral organized by Hezbollah for four victims killed in the explosions of pagers or paging devices in an unprecedented attack on Lebanon and Syria, in Ghobeiri area, in Beirut's southern suburb. The Israeli military say they killed the cleric tipped to succeed the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an air strike nearly three weeks ago. Hashem Safieddine died in air strikes on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Hezbollah, a powerful Lebanese Shia Muslim organisation fighting Israel, has not confirmed Safieddine's death. Photo by Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

Syrian refugees start to return home from Lebanon

STORY: Syrian refugees start to return home from Lebanon DATELINE: Oct. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of buses transporting Syrian refugees from Arsal to their homeland 2. various refugees gathered in Arsal 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MAZEN EL KOSH, Syrian refugee 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMAD HACHEM, Syrian refugee 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HECTOR HAJJAR, Minister of Social Affairs STORYLINE: Hundreds of Syrian refugees on Wednesday returned from different areas in Lebanon to their homeland within the framework of a strategy released earlier this year by Lebanese authorities for this purpose. Refugees speaking to Xinhua expressed their happiness in return after all those years while thanking the Lebanese people for their great hospitality. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MAZEN EL KOSH, Syrian refugee "I believe (one day) I'll return home, but I did not expect to go back to my country (so soon). We will hopefully return to our country. May God give you health, and g