Hizbullah / Hezbollah (just the group)

[OUTLAW 09]

Charles Lister‏Verifizierter Account @Charles_Lister
In a recent meeting in EU, a well-connected #Russia official told me Spetsnaz personnel respected #Hezbollah troops more than any other

[davidbfpo]

Post copied from:Lebanon (all aspects)

Not only a strange partnership, replete with promises and then diplomatic obstruction as this article explains:http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/orig...lah-syria.html

Curiously the end result is:

The current unspoken partnership between the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah and the Syrian army is a direct result of the efforts of those who have worked so diligently to keep the Lebanese Armed Forces under-equipped. By doing so, they have also inadvertently strengthened Hezbollah, making it the only viable military force in the country able to repel armed groups along the Lebanese border, and are now creating a reality on the battlefield that everyone is aware of but no one wants to acknowledge.

Yes Hezbollah emerges stronger, as this NYT article illustrates:https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/27/w...-lebanon.html?

[SWJ Blog]

Victory Over IS on Lebanon-Syria Border Is Boon for Hezbollah

Read the full post and make any comments at the SWJ Blog.

[davidbfpo]

A lengthy, detailed article and hat tip to WoTR. Some of the conclusions could have a far wider application to rebuilding Arab armies.
Link:https://warontherocks.com/2017/12/ti...effectiveness/

[AdamG]

The Islamist militant group Hezbollah exploded into a major cocaine trafficker for the United States over the past decade — and it happened under former President Barack Obama's watch to help score a nuclear deal with Iran, a report revealed Monday.
Project Cassandra, a campaign launched by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008, found that the Iran-backed military and political organization collected $1 billion a year from money laundering, criminal activities, and drug and weapons trade, according to Politico. Over the following eight years, the agency found that Hezbollah was involved in cocaine shipments from Latin America to West Africa, as well as through Venezuela and Mexico to the United States.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hezbollah...001923525.html