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Hizbullah Expert Killed as Israel Blows Up Spy Device in Adloun

Hizbullah military expert Hussein Haidar was killed Friday as an Israeli drone remotely detonated a spy device he was dismantling in the southern coastal town of Adloun.

The Lebanese army for its part neutralized another Israeli espionage device in the area.

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Bomb-Laden Cars 'Destined for Lebanon' Destroyed in Qalamun

The Syrian army has bombed and destroyed explosive-rigged vehicles that were “destined for Lebanese territory” as part of a plot aimed at waging simultaneous attacks on “civilian and military places,” a media report said on Wednesday.

A car carrying a license plate of the U.S. state of New Jersey appears in the TV report, which was filmed in an unspecified location in the countryside of the Syrian Qalamun border region and broadcast by Hizbullah's al-Manar television.

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March 14 to Discuss its Initiative with Hizbullah: Its Rejection Jeopardizes Lebanon

The March 14 General Secretariat noted on Wednesday that reactions to the alliance's initiative regarding the presidential deadlock were “too hasty,” while warning that rejecting it “threatens the unity of state institutions.”

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “The March 8 camp's rejection of the proposal will lead to chaos on the border and a disregard of international resolutions, which will lead to the collapse of the state.”

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Israeli Army Plants Spying Device on Border with Lebanon

An Israeli military unit erected on Monday a utility pole carrying spying equipment near the occupied Shebaa Farms area in the South, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The pole was placed at the Farms Gate near Berket al-Naqar, it said.

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Hizbullah Loses Two New Fighters in Qalamun, Supports Regime Forces in Jobar

Two Hizbullah members were killed on Thursday in Syria's al-Qalamun region in clashes with opposition forces battling the Damascus regime including al-Nusra Front fighters, an NGO reported on Friday.

"Two Hizbullah members were killed yesterday and six others were injured” during clashes against fighters of Islamic brigades and al-Nusra Front in al-Qalamun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

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Mustaqbal Rejects FPM Proposal, Warns against 'Implicating Army in Hizbullah Battles'

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday warned against “implicating” the army in “Hizbullah's battles” in Syria, rejecting the Free Patriotic Movement's recent proposal on the election of the president by the people.

“The national confrontation against terrorism can only take place through supporting the state and its institutions, especially the army and security forces,” the bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

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Franjieh Urges Unity in Face of Terrorism: Army-People-Resistance Equation Has Imposed Itself

Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh on Saturday called for unity in Lebanon “to confront terrorism,” reiterating that the army-people-resistance equation is necessary in the confrontation.

"Our political choices turned out to be correct again and now it is time to face dangers and terrorism. We all agree that this is terrorism,” Franjieh said in an interview on al-Manar television.

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Nasrallah Says Ready to Confront Existential Threat Facing Lebanon: Those Considering ISIL a Joke Are Detached from Reality

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday of a “real existential danger” threatening Lebanon and the region, calling for putting all differences aside to face the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

“We have to believe that there is a real existential danger threatening us all and it is not a joke,” Nasrallah said during a televised speech he gave on the occasion of the July 2006 war “victory.”

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Nasrallah: Lebanese Groups Still Supporting Syria Gunmen with Arms and Guidance

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declared that the “Lebanese support” for gunmen in Syria is still taking place, reiterating that Hizbullah's fighting in the neighboring country's al-Qusayr and al-Qalamunm regions prevented the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant would from reaching Beirut.

"If we hadn't fought in Qusayr and al-Qalamoun, ISIL would have reached Beirut and coastal regions,” Nasrallah said in the second excerpts of an interview in al-Akhbar newspaper to be published on Friday.

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Nasrallah: Hamas Was Not Serious when it Called for our Help in Gaza

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stated that there are “no red lines” in the “security war” with Israel, reported al-Akhbar newspaper.

He told the daily in excerpts released on Wednesday: “Hamas was not serious in its call on Hizbullah for assistance in the Palestinian Gaza Strip.”

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