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  1. Nasrallah calls for restraint as residentsatake to streets
    GulfToday.ae 2 hours ago

    BEIRUT: The leader of Hizbollah has appealed for calm after people blocked roads and burned tires in Beirut to protest against the kidnapping of 11 Lebanese Shiites in neighbouring Syria. Tuesday’s abductions in Syria’s northern Aleppo province... Full Article at GulfToday.ae

  2. Bombing Kills Lebanese Pilgrims in Iraq
    Wall Street Journal logo Wall Street Journal 3 hours ago

    Iraq's Shiite-led government has repeatedly warned of the consequences of overthrowing Mr. Assad by force. Mr. Assad is opposed largely by Sunni-dominated armed factions.At a gathering in Beirut on Wednesday, a Hezbollah member of parliament, Ali... Full Article at Wall Street Journal

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago
    A Lebanese Shiite woman, right, who released with other women from kidnapping in Syria who were on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iran, is seen comforted by her relative upon her arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut,...

    A Lebanese Shiite woman, right, who released with other women from kidnapping in Syria who were on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iran, is seen comforted by her relative upon her arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut,... View Photo »

  4. recently conducted an analysis of what would happen to the home front in a war ... The analysis was based on missile attacks against Israel during the First Gulf War in 1990-91, the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and Operation Cast lead (against the Gaza Strip) in 2009, as well as on the type of missiles an...
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 weeks ago
  5. Hezbollah leader calls for calm after Lebanese pilgrims are kidnapped by Syrian rebels – video
    Guardian Unlimited logo Guardian Unlimited 3 hours ago

    The leader of the Lebanese Shia organisation Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, calls for calm in Beirut, after 13 Lebanese pilgrims travelling home from Iran are said to have been kidnapped by rebels from the Free Syrian Army on the border with Turkey. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

  6. Lebanese official: Pilgrims abducted in Syria soon to be freed
    CNN logo CNN 4 hours ago

    The Lebanese cabinet held an emergency session Wednesday to discuss security issues and rising tensions linked to events in Syria -- as well as the case of the kidnapped pilgrims. Ali Ammar, a member of parliament from Hezbollah, said negotiations to... Full Article at CNN

  7. Counter Terror Expo US Inaugural Event a Success; Two Day Conference & Expo Drew High Caliber Attendees
    Street Insider 5 hours ago

    The inaugural event featured an outstanding educational program including more than 60 speakers, 23 sessions, and four keynote sessions featuring industry-renowned speakers complemented by an exhibition of nearly 100 exhibiting companies. âInitial... Full Article at Street Insider

  8. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 day ago
    A Lebanese Shiite Muslim blocks the street in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, to protest against Syrian rebels kidnapped of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo. The leader of Lebanon's...

    A Lebanese Shiite Muslim blocks the street in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, to protest against Syrian rebels kidnapped of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo. The leader of Lebanon's... View Photo »

  9. sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.
    SOURCE: Herald Sun 2 weeks ago
  10. Hezbollah's tactics 2006 War "part 1"
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 6 months ago
  11. Double standards hamper Syrian settlement - Lavrov
    Voice of Russia 6 hours ago
    Double standards hamper Syrian settlement - Lavrov

    The attackers captured 12 men from the bus, and their fate is still unknown. At present, the Lebanese party Hezbollah is actively trying to find these captured Shiites. But this may only cause worry, because Hezbollah is known as a radical Islamist... Full Article at Voice of Russia

  12. Mansour: Hostages to be released soon
    United Press International logo United Press International 7 hours ago

    Also Wednesday, Lebanese Parliament member Ali Ammar told The (Beirut) Daily Star his Hezbollah party has received assurances the men kidnapped in Syria would be released. The hostages were abducted in Aleppo Tuesday on two buses while returning from... Full Article at United Press International

  13. Kidnapping in Syria Fuels Unrest in Lebanon
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 7 hours ago

    Aleppo area said the Lebanese were grabbed on suspicion that they were Hezbollah "shabiha," or thugs, working for the Syrian government. Hezbollah has closely allied itself with the government in Damascus, putting it at odds with most of the Sunni... Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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  1. A Lebanese Shiite woman, right, who released with other women from kidnapping in Syria who were on their way home from a religious pilgrimage in Iran, is seen comforted by her relative upon her arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, early Wednesday May 23,...
  2. A Lebanese Shiite Muslim blocks the street in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, to protest against Syrian rebels kidnapped of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo. The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group Sheik Hassan...
  3. Lebanese security forces supervise the opening of a street blocked by Shiite Muslims in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, to protest against Syrian rebels kidnapped of 12 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo. The leader of...
  4. Angry Shiite Muslim youths set tyres on fire to block the Mar Mikhael road at the entrance of Beirut's southern suburbs in protest against the kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo, as they were headed back home by bus on May 22, 2012 from...
  5. A Lebanese Shiite woman weeps in Beirut's southern suburb of Bir al-Abed as families gathered to demand the release of relatives kidnapped in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo, as they were headed back home by bus on May 22, 2012 from a pilgrimage in Iran. Reports of the...
  6. Lebanese security forces supervise the opening of a main road blocked by Shiite Muslim demonstrators in Beirut's southern suburbs in protest against the kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo, as they were headed back home by bus on May 22,...
  7. Lebanese Shiite Muslims block the Tayyouneh roundabout in Beirut's southern suburbs in protest against the kidnapping of 13 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims in the Syrian northern province of Aleppo, as they were headed back home by bus on May 22, 2012 from a pilgrimage in Iran. Reports of the...
  8. French Socialist Party first secretary Francois Hollande (R) and deputy Jean-Marc Ayrault leave, 25 July 2006 in Paris, a meeting with French political leaders and members of the government on the the Middle East crisis. France today demanded a political agreement between Israel and...
  9. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) is greeted by French President Jacques Chirac upon her arrival at the International Conference for Support to Lebanon in Paris, 25 January 2007. Lebanon asked the International community for financial aid to shore up its heavily indebted...

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Hezbollah (Arabic: حزب الله‎ ḥizbu-'llāh(i), literally "party of God") is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. It is a significant force in Lebanese politics, providing social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites. It is regarded as a... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. recently conducted an analysis of what would happen to the home front in a war ... The analysis was based on missile attacks against Israel during the First Gulf War in 1990-91, the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and Operation Cast lead (against the Gaza Strip) in 2009, as well as on the type of missiles an...
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 weeks ago
  2. sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.
    SOURCE: Herald Sun 2 weeks ago
  3. Syria could try to break the regional balance of power by supplying Hizbollah with an arsenal that could threaten Western interests
    SOURCE: The Malaysian Insider 2 weeks ago
  4. A lot of the profits from these counterfeit cigarettes were, particularly, going to support Hezbollah and Hamas
    SOURCE: Scientific American 2 weeks ago
  5. I believe that there could be no worse regime than that of Assad’s. In the recent years, he has turned into a puppet of Iran and Hezbollah
    SOURCE: Voice of Russia 3 weeks ago
  6. I have no doubt that the Israeli Air Force is able to destroy the infrastructure of Iran’s nuclear program – but five minutes later, Israel would find itself involved in a regional war, involving Hezbollah and possibly Syria
    SOURCE: Eurasia Review 3 weeks ago
  7. They breathe life into one another. Each provides the other with inspiration. Hezbollah uses Al-Manar to express its stands and its views, etc. Al-Manar in turn receives political support for its continuation.
    SOURCE: Pajamas Media 3 weeks ago
  8. We wanted to ensure that this embargo would be enforceable and substantive, preventing the transfer of arms ... to Hizbullah. ... Now the embargo is part of the UN resolution and the terms and formulation of this article are acceptable to Israel and express our opinion - a proper embargo.
    SOURCE: Arutz Sheva 3 weeks ago
  9. The disarmament of Hizbullah is not the business of UNIFIL.
    SOURCE: Arutz Sheva 3 weeks ago
  10. Anyone attacking Iran needs to understand that it could start a regional war which will include missile fire from Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    SOURCE: The Atlantic 3 weeks ago
  11. explain to me the difference between Al Qaeda, Taliban and Hezbollah. It looks to me like they’re all just one big group of crazy terrorists.
    SOURCE: The New York Times 3 weeks ago
  12. No sooner does Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri or another high-profile figure take to the air than the rat-tat-tat of gunfire reverberates through Beirut.
    SOURCE: Global Post 3 weeks ago
  13. It’s a very diverse group — Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood and, of course, different names throughout the world.
    SOURCE: New York Post 3 weeks ago
  14. Hezbollah ... finds [the bomb’s] goals and timing suspicious, and expresses solidarity with our brothers in the Arab Tawhid Party in facing this attack.
    SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star 3 weeks ago
  15. Although the phrase ‘Druze trio’ that appeared in the article is hazy, the relationship with Prince Talal Arslan is strong and deep-rooted despite the differences of opinion on the Syria crisis as is the case with Hezbollah
    – Walid Jumblatt SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star 3 weeks ago
  16. to reach an understanding on a defense strategy that will lead to the integration of [Hezbollah’s] weapons into the state.
    SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star 3 weeks ago
  17. Hezbollah is making a specific effort to acquire such (weapons) as part of its offensive lineup against Israel
    SOURCE: Ynetnews 3 weeks ago
  18. No discussion of proportional representation while the arms’ intimidation prevents candidates in their [Hezbollah’s] areas of dominance
    SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star 3 weeks ago
  19. But Hezbollah is open to dialogue with various political parties on an election law that can win a minimum consensus and the majority’s satisfaction
    SOURCE: Lebanon Daily Star 4 weeks ago
  20. The Iranian issue ... that is a huge deal ... their use of the proxy group Hezbollah -- these are things we're very concerned about
    SOURCE: JTA 4 weeks ago
  21. On one side, behind Assad’s regime is Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon
    SOURCE: Swissinfo 4 weeks ago
  22. They are ready to do anything to support the Syrian regime and the case of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    SOURCE: The New York Times 4 weeks ago
  23. I think Hezbollah and the Syrian regime are working together now
    SOURCE: The New York Times 4 weeks ago
  24. I nonetheless believe that Hezbollah will strike Israel if the latter attacks Iran
    SOURCE: The American | American Enterprise Institute 4 weeks ago
  25. At the operational level, you have groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaida. Like teeth in a shark, it is irrelevant if you take one group out
    SOURCE: International Business Times 4 weeks ago

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