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Hezbollah originated within the Shiite block of Lebanese society. According to the CIA World Factbook estimate in 2022, Shiites comprise 31.2 percent of Lebanon's population, [1] predominating in three areas of Lebanon: Southern Lebanon, Beirut and its environs (Dahieh), and the northern Beqaa valley region. [2]
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 ...
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 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War [39] and known in Lebanon as the July War [1] (Arabic: حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War [b] (Hebrew: מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), [40] was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan ...
A sharp escalation in border warfare between the Iran-backed Hezbollah group and Israel, raising fears of a new Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon, is the latest episode in decades of conflict ...
The Lebanese Civil War (Arabic: الحرب الأهلية اللبنانيةAl-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities [ 5 ] and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon. [ 6 ]
Israel and the Hezbollah militant group exchanged heavy fire across Lebanon ’ s border on Sunday, fueling fears of a wider conflict in the region as the monthslong war in Gaza continues to rage ...
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon[ 11 ][ 12 ][ 13 ] (or the "First Lebanon War" in Israel), began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operating in southern Lebanon and the ...