nfluence, destroy the PLO and bring Lebanon into its orbit, Syria found local allies among the Shia resistance movements of South Lebanon -- of which Hizbullah became the most prominent. Waging a guerrilla war, and benefiting from logistical support and weapons from Iran and Syria, Hizbullah managed to force

genuinely to have believed that the Arab nationalist ideology he inherited, his opposition to Israel and his support for resistance movements such as Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, gave him immunity from popular discontent. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on 31 January, he claimed that

ionary period with infamy and dishonour. This applies to the former regime in Iraq, the regime in Syria and the Mubarak regime in Egypt. The case of Hizbullah reflects this revolutionary predicament with respect to the Palestinian cause and the struggle against Israel. It suffices to recall which side this

rough brick-bound institutions like universities or military headquarters or telephone company switches. You can no more understand the operations of Hizb’allah or China’s central bank or the most valuable Internet companies today without at least this frank admission: Their ° On one side: William J. Baumol,

. He had long been under pressure to abandon his principles. (No doubt, by this he meant his Arab nationalist convictions, his alliance with Iran and Hizbullah, his opposition to Israel and the United States.) Syria needed to strengthen its immunity against such conspiracies, he insisted. In this defiant spe

Hassan Nasrallah—the leader of the Lebanese party Hizbullah-called on the Syrian people to give the governmen

of civilizations, in addition to the Islam confrontation between fanatic terror and moderna, Suna and Shia, the legacy threats: Iran, Assad in Syria, Hezbullah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza are all still active and worrying. we have to be alert and ready to strongly respond to any threat to our security.. But I