Hezbollah allies gain in Lebanon vote, underscoring Iran sway
Hezbollah and its political allies won just over half the seats in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, unofficial results showed, boosting an Iranian-backed movement fiercely opposed to Israel and underlining Tehran’s growing regional clout./ Branded a terrorist group by the United States, the heavily armed Shi’ite Hezbollah has grown in strength since joining the war in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad in 2012. The apparent gains made on Sunday by a Hezbollah-backed alliance risk complicating Western policy towards Lebanon, a ...
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