The Islamic Republic of Iran is a key patron of the Lebanese Shia Islamist militia and political party Hezbollah. Iranian support, including financial...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's model of Islamic governance, Hezbollah established strong ties with Iran. The group was initially supported by 1,500 Islamic Revolutionary...

Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian...

Hezbollah (Persian: حزب‌الله, romanized: Ḥezbo'llāh, lit. 'Party of God') is an Iranian movement formed at the time of the Iranian Revolution to assist...

Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have exchanged fire along the Israel–Lebanon border and in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8...

reservists. They are financed in part by Iran and trained by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Hezbollah's military budget is $700 million according...

the secretary-general of Hezbollah, was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. The strike took place while Hezbollah leaders were meeting at a...

Lebanon. In the past, Hezbollah has served a strategic arm of Iran in the region, playing a key role in the Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflicts...

assassinated Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr. Iran and Hezbollah pledged retaliation. On 1 October 2024, Iran launched a series of missiles at Israel. Israel...

in places such as Latin America and North Korea. Hezbollah has especially close relations with Iran, with the Alawite leadership in Syria, specifically...

September 2024, a major escalation took place in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that started after the Iranian-backed group initiated attacks against Israel on...

secretary-general of Hezbollah (Arabic: الأمين العام لحزب الله, romanized: Al'amin aleamu Lihizb Allah) is the highest position within Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia...

Hezbollah controls southern Lebanon and is supported and funded by Iran and serves as their proxy in regional wars. From the inception of Hezbollah to...

Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran (Kurdish: حیزبوڵڵای کوردی ئیران; Persian: حزب‌الله کردی از ایران) is an Islamist political party created in Iran in 1983 under...

the Syrian government and Lebanese Hezbollah. Years later, Iran, already closely aligned with Syria and Hezbollah, would form stronger relations between...

Kata'ib Hezbollah (Arabic: كتائب حزب الله, lit. 'Battalions of the Party of God'), also known as the Hezbollah Brigades, is a radical Iraqi Shiite paramilitary...

participated in the Iran-Israel proxy conflict. Quwat al-Ridha has obscure links with Syrian Hezbollah. In October 30, Syrian Hezbollah militants conducted...

Nasrallah joined Hezbollah, which was formed to fight the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. After a brief period of religious studies in Iran, Nasrallah returned...

from Iran. Iranian support to Hezbollah has varied over the years, but as of 2018 US officials estimate Iran transfers $700 million annually. Hezbollah has...

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Beirut and then significantly following the Iranian Revolution and Iran's training and funding of Hezbollah. Iran has had a prominent influence in the social...

followers and Hezbollah members, he was expelled from Hezbollah in 1998. The cleric has since been active as a fierce opponent of Hezbollah and Iran; and has...

Hezbollah has a social development programs organized among the Lebanese Shiite population, historically one of the poorest and most neglected communities...

Nasrallah's death the next day. Ali Karaki, the commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front, and Iranian brigadier general Abbas Nilforoushan were also killed in...

elements. Founded in the early 1980s, Hezbollah's ideology is deeply rooted in Shia Islam and influenced by the Iranian Revolution. Central to its ideology...

Abdallah Safieddine, a key Hezbollah figure based in Tehran. Safieddine studied theology in Najaf, Iraq, and in Qom, Iran, together with Nasrallah, until...

Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. Following the Islamic revolution in Iran, he helped found Hezbollah. In 1991, he was appointed as deputy secretary-general under...

Republic of Iran is its principal sponsor, offering substantial financial aid, weaponry, and paramilitary training to support Hezbollah's agenda. A milestone...

"unquestioning obedience". Following the Iranian Revolution, Iran began to establish several groups associated with the name "Hezbollah" in Afghanistan. The country...

This timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict covers the period from 17 September 2024, when Hezbollah pagers exploded throughout Lebanon and Syria to...