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Hezbollah (/ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [45] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit. 'Party of God') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and military - resistance organization, that also provides social welfare and religious education services. [46] Hezbollah is a key player in the Lebanese ...
t. e. Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militia group, [1][2] has an exceptionally strong military wing, thought to be stronger than the Lebanese Army [3][4] and equivalent to the armed strength of a medium-sized army. [5][a] A hybrid force, the group maintains "robust conventional and unconventional military capabilities ...
v. t. e. Hezbollah has a military branch and is the sponsor of a number of lesser-known groups, some of which may be little more than fronts for Hezbollah itself. These groups include the Organization of the Oppressed, the Revolutionary Justice Organization, the Organization of Right Against Wrong, and Followers of the Prophet Muhammad. [1][2][3]
Hezbollah, or “the Party of God,” arose during Lebanon’s civil war in the late 1970s, when tensions between the country’s leading religious groups were at an all-time high.
The Iran-backed militant group said the wireless devices began to explode around 3:30 p.m. local time in a targeted Israeli attack on Hezbollah operatives. CNN learned that Israel was behind the ...
Hezbollah operates as a "state within a state," running its own political, military, and social services network in the areas it controls, independent of the Lebanese government.
Ranks. Military ranks of Lebanon. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF; Arabic: القوات المسلحة اللبنانية, romanized:Al-Quwwāt al-Musallaḥa al-Lubnāniyya), also known as the Lebanese Army[ 3 ] (Arabic: الجيش اللبناني, romanized:Al-Jaish al-Lubnani), is the military of Lebanon. It consists of three branches, the ...
Hezbollah is one of the most heavily-armed, non-state military forces in the world. It is funded and equipped by Iran. Hassan Nasrallah has claimed that it has 100,000 fighters, although ...