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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
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
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 »
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...
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
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
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
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 »
sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.
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
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
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
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
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...
sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.
Syria could try to break the regional balance of power by supplying Hizbollah with an arsenal that could threaten Western interests
A lot of the profits from these counterfeit cigarettes were, particularly, going to support Hezbollah and Hamas
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
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
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.
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.
The disarmament of Hizbullah is not the business of UNIFIL.
Anyone attacking Iran needs to understand that it could start a regional war which will include missile fire from Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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.
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.
It’s a very diverse group — Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood and, of course, different names throughout the world.
Hezbollah ... finds [the bomb’s] goals and timing suspicious, and expresses solidarity with our brothers in the Arab Tawhid Party in facing this attack.
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
to reach an understanding on a defense strategy that will lead to the integration of [Hezbollah’s] weapons into the state.
Hezbollah is making a specific effort to acquire such (weapons) as part of its offensive lineup against Israel
No discussion of proportional representation while the arms’ intimidation prevents candidates in their [Hezbollah’s] areas of dominance
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
The Iranian issue ... that is a huge deal ... their use of the proxy group Hezbollah -- these are things we're very concerned about
On one side, behind Assad’s regime is Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon
They are ready to do anything to support the Syrian regime and the case of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
I think Hezbollah and the Syrian regime are working together now
I nonetheless believe that Hezbollah will strike Israel if the latter attacks Iran
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
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Until a few months earlier, it had been a command center for Hezbollah.
- didunexapucum 5 minutes ago
Hezbollah was particularly adept at routing out informers in its midst.
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- AlvaDonalds3161
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- laribi_djamel
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Hezbollah and Syria:
Hezbollah and Turkey:
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