Islamist movement founded by Iran during Lebanese civil war coordinates closely with Hamas
Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, giving a televised address on the death of Mohammad Yaghi, a senior Hezbollah official, in December.Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, giving a televised address on the death of Mohammad Yaghi, a senior Hezbollah official, in December.An escalating tit-for-tat conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah has brought renewed attention on the battle-hardened militant group, and the role it plays in Lebanon.
The Shia Muslim movement has become a political and social powerhouse in Lebanon, running medical clinics, schools, a regional television network and even a hilltop museum that has been popular with European tourists.For years, Hezbollah has played an official political role, with ministers in government and lawmakers in parliament.
It is widely accepted that Hezbollah could overpower the national army if it wanted to, although the group appears to have preferred to keep its current status as a powerful player.Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, which was fought largely along religious and sectarian lines, ended with warring militias laying down their arms. Hezbollah, however, was the exception, keeping its weapons ostensibly to fight the Israeli forces that occupied southern Lebanon at the time.
Substantial backing from allies in Iran and Syria has also allowed Hezbollah to play an outsized role in the Lebanese state.The local support Hezbollah received as the only Lebanese force able to provide a deterrent to Israel’s attacks has been chipped away over the years, most significantly after it helped the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad suppress a pro-democracy uprising with bloody and lethal force.
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