Hezbollah: Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2011

摘要

Lebanons Hezbollah is a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. Its armed element receives support from Iran and Syria and possesses significant paramilitary and unconventional warfare capabilities. In the wake of the summer 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and an armed domestic confrontation between Hezbollah and rival Lebanese groups in May 2008, Lebanons political process is now intensely focused on Hezbollahs future role in the country. Lebanese factions are working to define Hezbollahs role through a series of National Dialogue discussions.