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Protesters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with a Hezbollah flag in September 2012 In 2006, Hezbollah was regarded as a legitimate resistance movement throughout most of the Arab and Muslim world. [ 117 ] Furthermore, most of the Sunni Arab world sees Hezbollah as an agent of Iranian influence, and therefore, would like to see their power in Lebanon ...
Hezbollah has especially close relations with Iran, [5] with the Alawite leadership in Syria, specifically with President Hafez al-Assad (until his death in 2000) and his son and successor Bashar al-Assad, [6] and has sent fighters in support of Assad in the Syrian Civil War. Hezbollah declared its support for the now-concluded Al-Aqsa Intifada.
Hezbollah declared its existence on 16 February 1985 in "The Hizballah Program". This document [6] was read by spokesman Sheikh Ibrahim al-Amin at the al-Ouzai Mosque in west Beirut and simultaneously published in al-Safir as "The Hizballah Program, an open letter to all the Oppressed in Lebanon and the World", and a separate pamphlet that was first published in full in English in 1987.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hezbollah training exercise in Aaramta, Jezzine, southern Lebanon, May 2023 Part of a series on Hezbollah Ideology History Flag Foreign relations Funding Headquarters Political activities Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc 2008 conflict in Lebanon 2006–2008 Lebanese political protests Doha Agreement ...
Hezbollah's efforts, during the period of between 2005 and 2009, to expand their social services in Jbeil yielded positive results in the district for the party in the 2009 elections. [ 46 ] While there is a policy of Lebanese Shiite prioritization in Hezbollah's social services institutions, most of the time non-Shiite Lebanese are accommodated.
That status was further cemented when, in 2006, Hezbollah fought Israel to a stalemate during the 34-day war. When Syria’s civil war erupted in 2011, Hezbollah fighters rushed in, siding with Assad’s forces — even though Hezbollah’s popularity took a dive as the Arab world ostracized Assad. Nasrallah's role in the current conflict
The Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc is the political wing of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament. [2] Hezbollah through the bloc has participated in the Lebanese parliament [3] since the 1992 Lebanese general election, when it won 12 of the 128 seats. Hezbollah won 7 seats at the 1996 election and 10 at the 2000 election.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Hezbollah Ideology History Flag Foreign relations Funding Headquarters Political activities Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc 2008 conflict in Lebanon 2006–2008 Lebanese political protests Doha Agreement Hezbollah–Iran relations Hezbollah–Russia relations Military activities ...