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Hezbollah throws its weight behind Syria complicating matter in Lebanon
The Lebanon picture became much more complicated with Hezbollah as an organization starting to stand up for Syria and mobilizing its 60,000 militia in Lebanon.
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah threw his organization's weight behind the Syrian government, calling for rallies across Lebanon to show loyalty to Damascus. Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed and -funded, Lebanon-based religious-political organization. The militant arm of Hezbollah has participated in militant attacks in Lebanon and Israel.
Hezbollah - or Party of God - emerged in Lebanon in the early 1980s and became the region's leading radical Islamic movement, determined to drive Israeli troops from Lebanon.
In May 2000 - due partly to the success of the party's military arm - one of its main aims was achieved. Israel's battered and bruised army was forced to end its two-decade occupation of the south.
Hezbollah now serves as an inspiration to Palestinian factions fighting to liberate occupied territory.
As Hezbollah escalated its guerrilla attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon, its military aid from Iran increased.
For many years, Hezbollah was synonymous with terror, suicide bombings and kidnappings. In 1983, militants who went on to join Hezbollah ranks carried out a suicide bombing attack that killed 241 US marines in Beirut.
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