Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem delivering a speech on June 28, 2025. Photo taken from Hezbollah’s Telegram account.
A taboo has been broken. On Wednesday, activists and journalists opposed to Hezbollah filed a request to open a judicial investigation against the party’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, before Lebanese Top Prosecutor Jamal Hajjar. This is the first legal move of its kind against the leader of the pro-Iran militia. It reflects the determination of the party’s critics to seize the opportunity of its weakening following the 2024 war with Israel to give new momentum to their battle.It is a gamble they hope to win by counting on President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who have both pledged to uphold the independence of the judiciary and to restore the state’s exclusive control over arms.“We filed the request Wednesday morning before the Cassation’s public prosecution,” Tony Boulos, an anti-Hezbollah journalist and one of the...
A taboo has been broken. On Wednesday, activists and journalists opposed to Hezbollah filed a request to open a judicial investigation against the party’s secretary-general, Naim Qassem, before Lebanese Top Prosecutor Jamal Hajjar. This is the first legal move of its kind against the leader of the pro-Iran militia. It reflects the determination of the party’s critics to seize the opportunity of its weakening following the 2024 war with Israel to give new momentum to their battle.It is a gamble they hope to win by counting on President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, who have both pledged to uphold the independence of the judiciary and to restore the state’s exclusive control over arms.“We filed the request Wednesday morning before the Cassation’s public prosecution,” Tony Boulos, an anti-Hezbollah journalist and...
Qaani: Minimum requirement for Lebanon is a return to pre-war lines
