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In March 2016, after the [[Arab League]] designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, [[Saudi Arabia]] decided to cut $4 billion in aid to Lebanese security forces since Lebanon declined to join resolutions critical of [[Iran]] and Hezbollah.
 
In March 2016, after the [[Arab League]] designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, [[Saudi Arabia]] decided to cut $4 billion in aid to Lebanese security forces since Lebanon declined to join resolutions critical of [[Iran]] and Hezbollah.
  
Saudi Arabia and other predominantly [[Sunni]] Persian Gulf states have also cut Lebanese satellite broadcasts, expelled Lebanese expatriates they say have ties to Hezbollah and warned their citizens against travelling to [[Lebanon]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/world/middleeast/mustafa-badreddine-hezbollah.html "Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah Military Commander, Is Killed in Syria"]</ref>
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Saudi Arabia and other predominantly [[Sunni]] Persian Gulf states have also cut Lebanese satellite broadcasts, expelled Lebanese expatriates they say have ties to Hezbollah and warned their citizens against travelling to [[Lebanon]].<ref>''[http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/world/middleeast/mustafa-badreddine-hezbollah.html "Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah Military Commander, Is Killed in Syria"]''</ref>
  
 
==Jihad Council==
 
==Jihad Council==
 
Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council,<ref>{{cite book |last=Levitt |first=Matthew |authorlink=Matthew Levitt |year=2013 |title=Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God |page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=jihad+council+hezbollah&source=bl&ots=E3d3bqd3hl&sig=AS2lOKxtmfDw1m0QidTwm4j8oXU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5SiLU-GbM8OtPNXqgagP&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg|quote= "... the Jihad Council coordinates 'resistance activity'."}}</ref> and its political wing is ''Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc'' party in the Lebanese parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/May-15/256484-hezbollah-cutting-costs-as-iranian-aid-dries-up.ashx |title=Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up|first=Antoine |last=Ghattas Saab |work=The Daily Star|quote="...&nbsp;Hezbollah's military wing ... Known as the "Jihad Council""|date=May 15, 2014|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>
 
Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council,<ref>{{cite book |last=Levitt |first=Matthew |authorlink=Matthew Levitt |year=2013 |title=Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God |page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=jihad+council+hezbollah&source=bl&ots=E3d3bqd3hl&sig=AS2lOKxtmfDw1m0QidTwm4j8oXU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5SiLU-GbM8OtPNXqgagP&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg|quote= "... the Jihad Council coordinates 'resistance activity'."}}</ref> and its political wing is ''Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc'' party in the Lebanese parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/May-15/256484-hezbollah-cutting-costs-as-iranian-aid-dries-up.ashx |title=Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up|first=Antoine |last=Ghattas Saab |work=The Daily Star|quote="...&nbsp;Hezbollah's military wing ... Known as the "Jihad Council""|date=May 15, 2014|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>
  
==Leadership==
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==Israeli drone strike==
After the death of [[Abbas al-Musawi]] in 1992, the group was headed by its Secretary-General, [[Hassan Nasrallah]]. On 13 May 2016, Hezbollah's top military commander [[Mustafa Badreddine]] was reported to have been killed in an [[Israel]]i [[drone]] strike near the airport in the Syrian capital [[Damascus]].<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israeli-air-strike-kills-top-hezbollah-commander-syria-1559819 "Israeli air strike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria"]</ref> The [[BBC]] reported on 14 May 2016 that Hezbollah had claimed Badreddine's death "was the result of artillery bombardment carried out by takfiri groups in the area" without explaining how an artillery strike could have been so surgical as to kill only him.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36292594 "Hezbollah killing: Jihadists blamed for Badreddine death"]</ref>
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After the death of [[Abbas al-Musawi]] in 1992, Hezbollah was headed by its Secretary-General, [[Hassan Nasrallah]]. On 13 May 2016, Hezbollah's top military commander [[Mustafa Badreddine]] was reported to have been killed in an [[Israel]]i [[drone]] strike near the airport in the Syrian capital [[Damascus]].<ref>''[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israeli-air-strike-kills-top-hezbollah-commander-syria-1559819 "Israeli air strike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria"]''</ref> The [[BBC]] reported on 14 May 2016 that Hezbollah had claimed Badreddine's death "was the result of artillery bombardment carried out by takfiri groups in the area" without explaining how an artillery strike could have been so surgical as to kill only him.<ref>''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36292594 "Hezbollah killing: Jihadists blamed for Badreddine death"]''</ref>
  
==Funeral==
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Thousands of people attended the funeral in [[Lebanon]]'s capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine.<ref>''[https://twitter.com/ReutersTV/status/731177934111772672 "Top Hezbollah leader killed in air strike"]''</ref> He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support [[Syria]]'s President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. In 2015, the US said that Badreddine was behind all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011. He was also said to have been involved with the assassination of former Lebanese PM [[Rafik Hariri]] in Beirut in 2005.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36289403 "Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral"]</ref>
Thousands of people attended the funeral in [[Lebanon]]'s capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ReutersTV/status/731177934111772672 "Top Hezbollah leader killed in air strike"]</ref> He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support [[Syria]]'s President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. In 2015, the US said that Badreddine was behind all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011. He was also said to have been involved with the assassination of former Lebanese PM [[Rafik Hariri]] in Beirut in 2005.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36289403 "Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral"]</ref>
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==Hezbollastan==
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At the 2017 [[Herzliya Conference]], organised by the Israeli [[Institute for Policy and Strategy]], Major-General (Ret'd) [[Amos Gilead]], head of IPS,<ref>''[http://www.herzliyaconference.org/eng/ "IPS Herzliya Conference"]''</ref> said:
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:“As [[ISIS]] sinks, what rises in its place is an alliance presently forming in front of our eyes: [[Iran]], Hezbollah, and [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]] ([[Syria]]). I call it ‘Hezbollastan’, a much stronger entity that is a strategic threat to Israel."
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Moscow, said Gilead, had taken a “strategic decision to support this alignment". He warned against a potential future war on Israel’s northern borders led by Hezbollastan and financially backed by the Kremlin.<ref>''[http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israels-herzliya-security-conference-what-we-learned-2133865621 "10 things we learned from Israel's Herzliya Conference on security"]''</ref>
  
 
==Cocaine Trafficking allegation==
 
==Cocaine Trafficking allegation==

Revision as of 10:15, 26 June 2017

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Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim political party and militant group based in Lebanon that the United States and European Union have blacklisted as a terrorist organisation.[1][2]

In March 2016, after the Arab League designated Hezbollah a terrorist organisation, Saudi Arabia decided to cut $4 billion in aid to Lebanese security forces since Lebanon declined to join resolutions critical of Iran and Hezbollah.

Saudi Arabia and other predominantly Sunni Persian Gulf states have also cut Lebanese satellite broadcasts, expelled Lebanese expatriates they say have ties to Hezbollah and warned their citizens against travelling to Lebanon.[3]

Jihad Council

Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council,[4] and its political wing is Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese parliament.[5]

Israeli drone strike

After the death of Abbas al-Musawi in 1992, Hezbollah was headed by its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah. On 13 May 2016, Hezbollah's top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was reported to have been killed in an Israeli drone strike near the airport in the Syrian capital Damascus.[6] The BBC reported on 14 May 2016 that Hezbollah had claimed Badreddine's death "was the result of artillery bombardment carried out by takfiri groups in the area" without explaining how an artillery strike could have been so surgical as to kill only him.[7]

Thousands of people attended the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine.[8] He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. In 2015, the US said that Badreddine was behind all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011. He was also said to have been involved with the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.[9]

Hezbollastan

At the 2017 Herzliya Conference, organised by the Israeli Institute for Policy and Strategy, Major-General (Ret'd) Amos Gilead, head of IPS,[10] said:

“As ISIS sinks, what rises in its place is an alliance presently forming in front of our eyes: Iran, Hezbollah, and Assad (Syria). I call it ‘Hezbollastan’, a much stronger entity that is a strategic threat to Israel."

Moscow, said Gilead, had taken a “strategic decision to support this alignment". He warned against a potential future war on Israel’s northern borders led by Hezbollastan and financially backed by the Kremlin.[11]

Cocaine Trafficking allegation

Andrei Fursov stated in 2014 that "Cocaine is transferred to Sierra Leone, where it is exchanged for diamonds. With the diamonds they purchase arms. This triangle - Hezbollah, Syria, Iran - gets in the way of the Americans. They take the view, correctly, that eliminating Syria as an Arab partner of Iran, whether relations with Iran are good or bad, Iran will be weaker, and it will be easier to get an agreement with them. The removal of the Assad regime therefore became objective No.1 for the Americans. Likewise for Saudi Arabia and Israel."[12]

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Ziad Abdelnour“The Lebanese cannot have their cake and eat it, too...Let’s get rid of this cancer [Hezbollah]... Let’s finish the job.”Ziad Abdelnour1 August 2006

 

Party Member

PoliticianBornDiedDescription
Hassan Nasrallah31 August 196027 September 2024Leader of Hezbollah

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War7 October 2023Gaza
Israel
Iraq
Egypt
Syria
Palestine
Lebanon
Indian Ocean
Golan Heights
Hamas attack on dozens of illegal Israeli settlements in Southern Israel provoking mass retaliatory killings by Israel. Corporate media call it the Israeli "9-11", while critics of Israel refer to "10-7" as a staged, military operation in order to manufacture consent for a disproportionate response.
2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War/October 77 October 20238 October 2023Gaza
Israel
Palestine
Lebanon
Golan Heights
Hamas attacks Israeli settlements in Southern Israel, mass raping and abducting, which get called an Israeli "9-11" by CCM. The NYT and Al Jazeera claimed the Israeli government knew of the impending attack, ignored warnings, shot some of their own civilians, made up several stories and used the resulting increased death toll to go on a revenge killing spree in the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza.

 

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References

  1. Jamail, Dahr (July 20, 2006). "Hezbollah's transformation". Asia Times. Retrieved October 23, 2007.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  2. "Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah)". Council on Foreign Relations. September 13, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2008.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  3. "Mustafa Badreddine, Hezbollah Military Commander, Is Killed in Syria"
  4. Levitt, Matthew (2013). Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God. p. 15. ... the Jihad Council coordinates 'resistance activity'.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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  6. "Israeli air strike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria"
  7. "Hezbollah killing: Jihadists blamed for Badreddine death"
  8. "Top Hezbollah leader killed in air strike"
  9. "Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral"
  10. "IPS Herzliya Conference"
  11. "10 things we learned from Israel's Herzliya Conference on security"
  12. Document:Battleground_Ukraine


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