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Hezbollah (/ ˌ h ɛ z b ə ˈ l ɑː /; [44] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit. ' Party of God ') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group. [45] From 1992 until 2024, it was led by Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the ...
1 day ago · Hezbollah, militant group and political party that emerged in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion of that country in 1982. The group gained prestige after a 34-day war with Israel in 2006 and became increasingly prominent in Lebanese politics thereafter.
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Oct 19, 2023 · Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist movement with one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. The group, which has its main base on the Israel-Lebanon border, could become a...
Israeli air strikes against the armed group Hezbollah have killed hundreds of people in Lebanon, in the deadliest escalation of cross-border attacks in decades.
6 days ago · Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim militant group formed in the 1980s during the chaos of Lebanon’s long civil war. It was created, with Iranian guidance, to fight the Israeli occupation of southern ...
2 days ago · Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and many other countries, and has deep-rooted military alliances with repressive, anti-Israel regimes in Iran and Syria.
Aug 24, 2024 · Israel has launched a wave of strikes into Lebanon that it describes as pre-emptive and Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets in an escalation of tensions.
