Canada Global(Web News) The Arab League has agreed to remove the Lebanese armed organization Hezbollah from the list of terrorist organizations. The Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League Hussam Zaki said in a statement on the Egyptian media that the member of the Arab League The countries agreed not to maintain Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. According to Arab media, the Arab League declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization on March 11, 2016. In addition, the Gulf Cooperation Organization also declared it a terrorist organization on March 2016. I had declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
What is Hezbollah and when was it established?
Hezbollah is a very powerful political and military organization of Shia Muslims in Lebanon. Formed in 1980 with the support of Iran, the group fought for the withdrawal of Israeli military forces from Lebanon, the organization achieved its goal in May 2000.
In the background of this process was the Islamic Resistance, the party’s military wing. Emerging from a small group of clerics after the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, the organization’s initial goals were resistance to Israel and the withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon. One goal was to replace Lebanon’s multi-religious state with an Iranian-style Islamic state, but the idea was later abandoned. Iran has long provided financial and military support to Hezbollah. Hezbollah has also kidnapped foreign nationals due to pressure in the past.
Shias are the majority in Lebanon and this movement represents the Shia sect living in Lebanon. After the withdrawal of Israeli military forces from Lebanon, this organization made a place in the hearts of the common people. Now the candidates of this party have a clear majority in the Parliament of Lebanon. According to the United Nations Resolution 1559, the military branch of this group has refused to surrender. The resolution was passed in 2004 and called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon and the surrender of armed groups. He will join the army and prioritize political and social work, but despite achieving political success, Hezbollah considers itself a resistance movement.
And this resistance is not only against the Lebanese, but against foreign forces or foreign occupation throughout the region. The organization’s military wing, known as the Islamic Resistance, operates in the shared border area between Israel and Lebanon. is kept. Sheba Farms area has the highest tension. Hezbollah says the Sheba Farms area is part of Lebanon, but Israel, which is backed by the United Nations, says the farms are near the Syrian border and therefore part of the Golan Heights, which But Israel has been controlling since 1967. Although Syria itself has declared this area as part of Lebanon.
