Hezbollah

Iran and Syria are bolstering Hezbollah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command ahead of any future conflict with Israel. [more]

Contrary to popular perception, Hezbollah is not aiming to control the next Lebanese government. [more]

Lebanon's geopolitical situation and sectarian divisions make politics in the country a complicated matter. [more]

A reduction in the U.N. force monitoring southern Lebanon hints at possible Israeli preparations for a rematch with Hezbollah. [more]

Iran reportedly is working to keep the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from taking action against Israel. [more]

Amid Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel's defense minister has raised the possibility of another front opening up. [more]

Major Arab powers are reaching out to select Hezbollah figures to exacerbate rifts in the Shiite movement, constrain Syria and undermine Iranian influence in the region. [more]

Syria moved troops to the northern Syrian-Lebanese border, making militant Lebanese movement Hezbollah very concerned. [more]

Rumors of the recent death of a Hezbollah leader indicate a nasty fight within Lebanese Shiite militant group's top ranks. [more]

To attack? or not to attack Israel? That is the question that may well determine the future of Hezbollah and its status in Lebanon. A look at the fractures within the Shiite movement. [more]

Hezbollah has reason to launch an attack on Israel, but such a strategy involves big risks. [more]

Hezbollah and media commentators alike are treating the July 16 prisoner swap with Israel — which has received only the remains of slain soldiers in return for five living prisoners — as an unmitigated victory for the Shiite militant group. But less public events indicate that the walls are closing in on Hezbollah. [more]

Hezbollah has taken positions on Lebanon's strategic Mount Sannine, a sign that the militant group is growing increasingly desperate. [more]

Progress toward Israeli-Syrian peace talks is cause for concern for Shiite militant group Hezbollah. [more]

Hezbollah is celebrating a political deal between Lebanon's warring factions reached May 20, but the agreement does not bode well for the Shiite militant group. [more]

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's capitulation to Hezbollah's demands has left the militant group with more political power than it held before. [more]

Hezbollah's distrust of the regime in Syria is growing. [more]

Two days after taking over western Beirut, Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah is gaining the upper hand -- and the Lebanese army has yet to come to the government's aid. [more]

The Lebanese government could find Shiite militant group Hezbollah's vast communications network difficult to dismantle, in spite of its decision to do so. [more]

Clashes in Beirut between pro-government militias and Hezbollah are all in accordance with a plan. But the more chaotic Beirut becomes, the better Syria can justify its return as kingmaker. (With Stratfor maps) [more]