As antigovernment forces in Syria's violent uprising have increased the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to step down, Iran, his main Middle East supporter, also finds itself under siege, undermining a once-powerful partnership and longtime American foe. It is an unusual position for Iran, and its vulnerability in Syria has not been lost on...
BANGKOK -- Thai police units on Monday seized what they said was a large stash of two chemicals that could be used to make rudimentary bombs, as a murky case that put the country on alert for a terrorist attack took a confusing turn. A top Bangkok police official said the chemicals, ammonium nitrate and urea, were found in a commercial building on...
The federal government on Thursday escalated its campaign to stanch the flow of what it says is dirty money to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. Prosecutors filed a civil suit aimed at financially punishing American and Lebanese businesses that the government charges were behind a Hezbollah-controlled global network that laundered huge sums in...
Hizbollah eller Hezb-Allah (arabisk: حزب الله, da: Guds Parti) (1982-), libanesisk, islamisk orienteret politisk-militær organisation. Dannet i 1982 efter Israels invasion og besættelse af Libanon med det formål at smide besættelsesmagten ud af landet.
Hizbollah er i dag et af de største politiske partier i Libanon og repræsenterer den shiitiske del af landets befolkning. Organisationen blev dannet med støtte fra Iran og har siden fulgt den islamiske ideologi, som Ayatollah Khomeini (el. Ruhollah Khomeini) i 1980'erne introducerede i Iran. Det arbejder for etableringen af en islamisk stat i Libanon efter samme retningslinjer som i Iran, men anerkender i dag at dette kun er muligt med fuld opbakning fra det libanesiske folk. Siden den israelske hærs drab på Saied Abbas Mussawi 17. februar 1992, ledes Hizbollah af Saied Hassan Nasrallah. Organisationen blev oprindelig finansieret af Iran, men de fleste af dens midler indsamles i dag fra dens egen valgkreds. Fold ud