Hizbula - information and resources on the Islamic group

The name is transliterated from the Arabic in a number of ways.
Hezbollah is most commonly used by American and European countries.

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"Hezb'Allah', meaning Party of God, is a Lebanese Shia Islamic group and political party, with a military arm and a civilian arm, founded in 1982 to fight the Israeli Defense Forces who occupied southern Lebanon until the year 2000. Its leader is Hassan Nasrallah."

Council On Foreign Relations

Hezbollah is a Lebanese umbrella organization of radical Islamic Shiite groups and organizations. It opposes the West, seeks to create a Muslim fundamentalist state modeled on Iran, and is a bitter foe of Israel.

BBC NEWS - "Who are Hizbula?"

Hezbollah was conceived in 1982 by a group of clerics after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It was formed primarily to offer resistance to the Israeli occupation.