Hezbollah's Military Intervention in Syria: political choice or religious obligation?

Hezbollah has been an important political and military actor in Lebanon and the Middle East since the mid-1980s. Its popularity grew especially after successfully deterring the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006. With the emergence of the so-called Arab Spring, however, the party’s popularity decli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armenak Tokmajyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 2014-12-01
Series:Approaching Religion
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67554