Sunni

Chikli calls October 7 attack a part of long-term Iran-Israel conflict, stresses nuclear threat

Amichai Chikli stressed that the current conflict should be viewed as part of a longer confrontation with Iran rather than a newly erupted war.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.
RESCUERS GATHER at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Jamaa Islamiya offices in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon on March 3, 2026.

Lebanon Islamic Group claims headquarters targeted by IDF strikes

The Islamic Group was founded in Lebanon in 1964, and is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. It has also worked alongside Hezbollah, though the Islamic Group is Sunni while Hezbollah is Shi’ite.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
An illustrative image of a man holding an Israeli flag.

Israel 2048: New report by Henry Jackson Society looks at possible future strategy for Israel

This is an important new contribution to the discussion about what comes next for Israel and the Middle East, rooting Israel’s strategy in Israel’s history and in the West.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN, ESTHER DAVIS
Saad Hariri speaks during an event to mark the 21st anniversary of the assassination of his father and former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 14, 2026.

Lebanese Sunni leader Saad Hariri signals political comeback ahead of Lebanon elections - analysis

Hariri is angling to return to politics as he marks the 21st anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Hezbollah deputy leader: 'Israel is training Saudi army officers'

Senior official of Shi'ite Lebanese group tells local media that secret relations between Riyadh and Jerusalem led to the Saudi decision to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

APRIL 25, 2016ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
Saudi troops

The Iran-backed Sunni group that aids Hezbollah in the Syrian battlefield

The Lebanese media claims that the main stronghold of the Resistance Brigades is the southern region connecting Sidon and Beirut, which is home to many poor and unemployed people.

APRIL 3, 2016ByMAAYAN GROISMAN
Hezbollah supporters during a televized speech by the group's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut

Netanyahu: Sunni Arab states more realistic about Israeli-Palestinian conflict than EU

"Obviously Israel and the Sunni Arab states are not on opposite sides," PM says at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

JANUARY 21, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
PM Netanyahu sits down with Fareed Zakaria at the Davos Economic Forum- Jan. 2016