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November 5, 2024

How Arabs View Hizballah, and How the Terrorist Group Wins Shiite Hearts and Minds

Indoctrinating children and suppressing dissent.

After an Israeli airstrike killed Hassan Nasrallah, the charismatic leader of Hizballah, many Lebanese mourned him, especially in heavily Shiite areas like the country’s south. But there were many others who were relieved, or even overjoyed, to see him go. In Syria, which suffered immensely at the hands of Hizballah fighters who fought alongside Russian and Iranian forces to crush the opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s rule, there were scenes of people celebrating and handing out candy.

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