Decoding Iran and Hezbollah’s desires for Lebanon
Decoding Iran and Hezbollah’s desires for Lebanon 11/18/2017 1:57:59 PM facebook Google+ ► Print Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters through a screen during a rally in Jebshit village, southern Lebanon By Tony Duheaume Al Arabiya, 18 November 2017 - The importance of Hezbollah for Iran as an overseas fighting force, which operates alongside its own military, cannot be underestimated. Since its establishment in Lebanon in the early 1980s by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Quds Force, Hezbollah has fought wars and carried out deadly attacks against civilians in foreign lands that have proven its worth as a terror group. Terrorist attacks carried out by Hezbollah, which have targeted various nations over the years, can only be construed as attacks carried out by the Iranian administration through proxy. As by using its Quds Force, the regime itself can claim plausible deniability from ...