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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
U.S. Says Hizbullah Govt. Role Impeding Action on Hizbullah-Linked 'Terrorist Incidents'
2021-12-18
[AnNahar] The presence of Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
in the Lebanese government "continues to impede effective government action against terrorist incidents associated with Hizbullah," the U.S. State Department said in its annual report on terrorism.

"For instance, despite repeated requests by the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon Hezbollahstan
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years. It produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. That's three statements. Only the first is subjective....
(UNIFIL) to gain access to private properties in southern Lebanon -- from which Hizbullah is suspected to have dug cross-border tunnels into Israel or housed or manufactured weapons -- the Government of Lebanon declined to permit UNIFIL to investigate these areas," the report adds.

Separately, the report said that despite the Lebanese government’s official policy of disassociation from regional conflicts, Hizbullah "continued its illegitimate military activities in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
"Hizbullah continues to plan attacks and engage in other illicit activities around the world," the report charges.

It also notes that Hizbullah maintains control of "some informal border crossings" and is "widely believed to exercise influence at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport and the Port of Beirut."

In addition, several individuals on the FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
’s most wanted list or listed by the Department of State or Department of Treasury as Specially Designated Global Terrorists reportedly remain in Lebanon, the report says.
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