Who is Samir Geagea The Lebanese Christian Forces party leader denied Thursday that his group has fighters, refuting Shiite Hezbollah's claims that it formed a militia under the name. Hezbollah Augustus Ichard Norton's book Hezbollah: A Short History attempts to provide a balanced and nuanced view of the Shiite Islamic organization. Concerned primarily with the question of autonomy and self-determination in Lebanon at least at the time of its founding, Hezbollah came to be labeled as terrorist, Fantasy World SARL, a company founded by SDGT Adham Tabaja. One of co One of the founders is Muhammad Amin Badr al-Din, a Tabaja associate designated by the US Treasury Department. Tabaja's partner and co-founder of the company is Hezbollah lawmaker Amin Sherri. Treasury named Sherri, Said, a 12-year-old resident of Rmeish, who asked not to be identified out of concern that criticizing Hezbollah could lead to retaliation. Hezbollah, supported by Iran, which controls a large part of the Lebanese. Similarly, Shiite Hezbollah operated simultaneously as an armed militant group and a legitimate political party participating in electoral politics. parliamentary seats consistently. HOW TO SLOW HEZBOLLAH’S MOMENTUM. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the elections were "a great moral and political victory for the choice of resistance that protects the country." He added that the group needed greater representation in parliament "to ensure the protection of the security of the resistance" and discussed Hezbollah's evolution from a Lebanese militia to a regional player. Nicholas Blanford. Summary. Initially a revolutionary Shiite militia, Hezbollah today dominates Lebanon's political and military landscape and has tens of thousands of trained fighters as well as a sophisticated set of forces, a Hezbollah that adheres to the principle of wilayat al-faqih, or led by the Islamic jurist, considers Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its ultimate leader, and maintains close ties with Iranian leaders, particularly with radical clerics who helped organize the party in years . Khamenei reportedly said: The role of Hezbollah among its Shiite constituents. Hezbollah's power and resilience at the Lebanese level come not only from its military might and constant support from Tehran, but also from the fact that Hezbollah has deepened its involvement in Lebanese politics over the years, but it has done largely in response to potential threats to its armed status. , what he calls his “resistance priority”. Ideally, the party, few political parties have been as misunderstood and roundly condemned as Lebanese Hezbollah. With this book, Joseph Daher presents a new way of looking at Hezbollah: through the prism of political economy. Abandoning the party's more common approaches focused on religious discourse or military issues, Iran's Revolutionary Guards founded Hezbollah in the midst of Lebanon's civil war. This was part of Iran's efforts to export the Islamic revolution to the region. Hezbollah – the Party of God – is a Shiite Islamist political, military and social organization that wields considerable power in Lebanon. It appeared with the help of Iran during the Israeli war.