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