Hezbollah receives military training, weapons, and financial support from Iran, and political support from Syria.

Hezbollah receives its financial support from the governments of Iran and Syria, as well as donations from Lebanese people and foreign Shi ' as.

" This refers to the massive amounts of U. S. dollar notes that Hezbollah is distributing among all the citizens that were effected from the war in Beirut and the south.

The US estimates that Iran has been giving Hezbollah about US $ 60 – 100 million per year in financial assistance.

Although Hezbollah and Hamas are not organizationally linked, Hezbollah provides military training as well as financial and moral support to the Sunni Palestinian group.

Hezbollah currently operates at least four hospitals, twelve clinics, twelve schools and two agricultural centres that provide farmers with technical assistance and training.

In response to the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, President Reagan assembled his national security team and planned to target the Sheik Abdullah barracks in Baalbek, Lebanon, which housed Iranian Revolutionary Guards believed to be training Hezbollah fighters.

The province became a stronghold of Turkish Hezbollah and hosted its camp where the militants received political and military training.

The Hezbollah Central Internet Bureau released a video game in 2003 entitled Special Force and a sequel in 2007 in which players are rewarded with points and weapons for killing Israelis.

Israel responded with airstrikes and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon that damaged Lebanese civilian infrastructure, including Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport ( which Israel said that Hezbollah used to import weapons and supplies ), an air and naval blockade, and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

Senior officials from Hezbollah warned that they would not hesitate to use weapons to defend Lebanon's natural resources.

For air defense, Hezbollah has anti-aircraft weapons that include the ZU-23 artillery and the man-portable, shoulder-fired SA-7 and SA-18 surface-to-air missile ( SAM ).

One of the most effective weapons deployed by Hezbollah has been the C-802 anti-ship missile.

" Gates added that Hezbollah is possibly armed with chemical or biological weapons, as well as anti-ship missiles with a range of that could threaten U. S. ships.

Only Hezbollah retained its weapons, and was supported by Lebanon's parliament in doing so, because it officially for defending Lebanon against the Israeli occupation.

Israel and the United States oppose further arms sales to Syria due to fears that the weapons could fall under the control of Iran or Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.

Pelosi asserts that civilians on both sides of the border " have been put at risk by the aggression of Hamas and Hezbollah " in part for their use of " civilians as shields by concealing weapons in civilian areas ".

His captors were a group of Hezbollah Shiite Muslims who were supported by Iran in supposed retaliation for Israel's use of U. S. weapons and aid in its 1982 – 83 strikes against Muslim and Druze targets in Lebanon.

Israel is not well prepared to defend against a chemical weapons attack, as could occur with the transfer of Syria's chemical weapons to Hezbollah.

Israel responded with massive airstrikes and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon that damaged Lebanese civilian infrastructure ( including Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport which Israel alleged that Hezbollah used to import weapons ), an air and naval blockade, and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

He engaged in an electoral alliance with Hezbollah during the 2005 parliamentary election, with one of the titles of the alliance being " The Protection of the Resistance ," but is now calling on Hezbollah to be integrated into the Lebanese Army and hand in its weapons over to the government.

Siniora has more stated on 20 July 2006 that " the continued presence of Israeli occupation of Lebanese lands in the Shebaa Farms region is what contributes to the presence of Hezbollah weapons.

The Russian Kommersant magazine acknowledged through anonymous sources the possibility of a weapons transfer between Syria and Hezbollah during the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon.

Turki strongly advocated that the United States engage in direct talks with Iran over its differences concerning Iran's involvement in Iraq, its nuclear program and support of Hezbollah in Lebanon, but other high-ranking Saudi officials, including Turki's predecessor as ambassador, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, were in favor of a tougher stance, believing that, ultimately, military action would probably be required to set back Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program.

In response to concerns that the RPG-30 had fallen into the hands of Hezbollah fighters, Israel Defense reported that the Rafael weapons development authority developed a defense system called the " Trench Coat " that can counteract the RPG-30, by utilizing a 360-degree radar to detects all threats and, in the case of one, launch 17 pieces of metal, one of which should strike the incoming missile.

During the war, combat engineers used bulldozers and explosives to destroy Hezbollah outposts, bunkers, warehouses and HQs — mainly along the border.

Hezbollah (, literally " Party of Allah " or " Party of God ") is a Shi ' a Islamic militant group and political party based in Lebanon.

Hezbollah alongside with some other groups began the 2006 – 2008 Lebanese political protests in opposition to the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

In the 1990s, Hezbollah transformed from a revolutionary group into a political one, in a process which is described as the Lebanonisation of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah regards cultural, political, and religious freedoms in Lebanon as sanctified, although it does not extend these values to groups who have relations with Israel.

Structurally, Hezbollah does not distinguish between its political / social activities within Lebanon and its military / jihad activities against Israel.

An IRIN news report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted: " Hezbollah not only has armed and political wings – it also boasts an extensive social development program.

Lebanese Shiites " see Hezbollah as a political movement and a social service provider as much as it is a militia.

Hezbollah alongside with Amal is one of two major political parties in Lebanon that represent the Shiite Muslims.

Benjamin said, " Hezbollah maintains a presence in Europe and its recent activities demonstrate that it is not constrained by concerns about collateral damage or political fallout that could result from conducting operations there ... We assess that Hezbollah could attack in Europe or elsewhere at any time with little or no warning " and that Hezbollah has " stepped up terrorist campaigns around the world.

) Lebanon's Shiites, on the other hand, have long supported the Syrian presence, as has the Hezbollah militia group and political party.

She argues that organizations and political bodies in the Mideast like Hamas and Hezbollah " have a greater interest in maintaining a state of hostility with Israel than in improving the lives of the people they claim to represent ".

Currently PSP, Hezbollah and several other Lebanese political parties share a " national unity government " in Lebanon.

Issa speculated that the cause of the incident may have been a column written by political commentator Debbie Schlussel in which she charged that Issa sympathized with Hezbollah despite its being listed by the U. S. government as a terrorist organization, charges he denied.

He alleged that evidence pointed to Iran and Syria ( acting through the Hezbollah movement ), but that due to political context ( notably the Gulf War ), France and the United States tried to put the blame on Libya.

Special Force is a first-person shooter military video game, published by the Lebonese political group Hezbollah, created using the Genesis 3D engine.

Hasan Nasrallah ( born August 31, 1960 ; ) became the third Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah after Israel assassinated the previous leader, Abbas al-Musawi, in 1992.

Hezbollah is regarded as a legitimate resistance movement and political party throughout much of the Arab and Muslim worlds, but is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, the Netherlands, Israel, and Canada.

Aoun made the point that the political process was in effect disarming Hezbollah without any loss in lives from unnecessary wars.

Hezbollah into a political victory for Hezbollah.