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Hezbollah, political party and militant group that first emerged during Lebanon ’s civil war as a militia after the Israeli invasion of that country in 1982. Since the 2000s it has been one of the foremost political forces in Lebanon. Formation, political orientation, and conflict with Israel.
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1 day ago · Hezbollah (/ ˌ h ɛ z b ə ˈ l ɑː /, / ˌ x ɛ z-/; Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, lit. ' Party of Allah ' or ' Party of God ') is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
May 14, 2024 · Hezbollah. Who is Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah - and why does he matter? He has been praised for driving Israel out of Lebanon, but criticised for threatening Lebanese...
May 11, 2024 · Hezbollah is a hybrid organization that simultaneously acts as a military group fighting Israel, a proxy group acting on Iran’s behalf, a political party within Lebanon, and the de facto...
4 days ago · Old adversaries Israel and Hezbollah know each other well, and what triggers the other. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel, the two sides have sought to avoid a full-scale war even as they appear to ...
May 14, 2024 · Jon Alterman speaks with Nicholas Blanford, a Beirut-based security consultant and non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council about Hezbollah’s evolution, its ties to other actors in the region, and the role it's playing in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
1 day ago · Hamas, militant Palestinian nationalist and Islamist movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine. Founded in 1987, Hamas opposed the secular approach of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rejected attempts to ...
