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Hezbollah

Extremist Muslim organization founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who were sent to Lebanon after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Its aim is to spread the Islamic revolution of Iran among the Shiite population of Lebanon. Hezbollah is believed to be the umbrella movement of the groups that held many of the Western hostages taken from 1984.

In 1996 Hezbollah guerrillas, opposed to the Middle East peace process, engaged in renewed hostilities with Israeli forces stationed in southern Lebanon.
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At stake is whether multi-confessional Lebanon, frequently used as a pawn in regional power-plays, keeps on a pro-Western course or takes a tilt towards Iran, the regional Shiite powerhouse which backs Hezbollah (the Party of God.
Lebanese flock to polls in high-stakes vote by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Firstly, the media are an excellent point to start with the analysis of the Party of God.
Mervin Sabrina (ed). Le Hezbollah. Etats des lieux by Meier, Daniel / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
Recent years have seen the Party of God failing to damn members with loyalist connections, criminal convictions and even sexual offence records.
Dessie Stewart by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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