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In the summer of 1982, Hezbollah's Special Security Apparatus was created by Hussein al-Khalil, now a "top political adviser to Nasrallah"; [205] while Hezbollah's counterintelligence was initially managed by Iran's Quds Force, [206]: 238 the organization continued to grow during the 1990s. By 2008, scholar Carl Anthony Wege writes, "Hizballah ...
In the early 1990s, Hezbollah underwent what a number of observers have called a process of "Lebanonization", which is reflected in acceptance of a multi-confessional Lebanon, rapprochement with a variety of non-Islamist forces, participation in electoral politics, and an emphasis on providing for the social welfare of its Shi'a Lebanese constituency. [11]
The continued existence of Hezbollah's military wing after 1990 is considered by the UN to violate the Taif Agreement. [ 62 ] Hezbollah, however, justifies maintaining its militia on the basis of Israel's continued presence in Sheba Farms, which the UN considers Syrian territory [ 63 ] and the Lebanon government has not made moves to disarm ...
The Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency was a period of assassinations, armed clashes, kidnappings, and other assaults led by the Kurdish Hezbollah between the 1980s and 2000s. The insurgency started when Kurdish Hezbollah was first founded, and was led by Hüseyin Velioğlu until he was killed by Turkish police in 2000, and then by İsa Altsoy from 2001 until he announced the group's disarmament in ...
Hezbollah guerrillas stand by a Katyusha rocket, 1998 The number of Hezbollah attacks increased substantially through the 1990s. A Hezbollah parade following the end of Israeli occupation, May 2000 Fighting briefly lulled after the 1996 conflict as Hezbollah recovered from the fighting, but Hezbollah's logistics were "resilient," and Hezbollah ...
The flag of the Shi'a political and military organization Hezbollah depicts a stylized representation of the Arabic words حزب الله (Ḥizbullāh, meaning 'Party of God') in Kufic script. Written near the first letter of the word Allah, there is a hand that reaches up to grasp a stylized assault rifle . [ 1 ]
The IDF assumed that the Hezbollah leadership would curb their activities for fear of their lives and the lives of their families. Hezbollah was headed by Sheikh Nasrallah. In July 1993 the IDF launched Operation Accountability which caused widespread destruction throughout Southern Lebanon but failed to end Hezbollah’s activities.
Hüseyin Velioğlu (born Hüseyin Durmaz; 1 January 1952 – 17 January 2000) was the leader of the Turkish Hezbollah, a militant extremist organization established by the Turkish state as a counterterrorism organization against the PKK in the early 1990s.