Naim Kassem

(Newser) - Hezbollah's newly named leader Naim Kassem said in his first public comments aired Wednesday that the militant group will keep fighting in its ongoing war with Israel until it's offered ceasefire terms it deems acceptable. "If the Israelis decide to stop the aggression, we say that we...

(Newser) - Lebanon's Hezbollah says it has chosen Naim Kassem as its new leader, a replacement for Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in September in an Israeli airstrike. Kassem, who'd been Nasrallah's deputy for more than three decades, has served as the militant group's acting leader since Nasrallah'...