April
24, 2019
Eye
on Hezbollah Website Timeline Chronicles Key Events in History
of Iranian Proxy
(New York, N.Y.) - United Against Nuclear
Iran's (UANI) website, Eye
on Hezbollah, tracks the Lebanese terror group from its
inception as a small Shiite militia in 1982 to Iran's primary tool
for projecting its power and influence.
Extensive financial and
military support from Iran has enabled Hezbollah to build a
"state within a state" and attack Iran's enemies around the
world. The Eye on Hezbollah timeline
features the year-by-year military and political events that have
defined the group since its formation almost 40 years ago. For
example:
- In 1983,
Hezbollah operatives drive two explosives-laden trucks into
separate buildings housing the Multinational Force in Lebanon
peacekeepers, killing 241 U.S. Marines, 58 French paratroopers,
and 6 Lebanese civilians.
- On March
17, 1992, Hezbollah bombs the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires,
Argentina, killing 23. Two years later, backed by Iran,
Hezbollah bombs the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, killing
85 and wounding 150.
- In late
September 1992, Hezbollah runs in Lebanon's first parliamentary
elections held since 1972, winning 12 seats.
- April 19,
2005, Trad Hamade, a non-official member of Hezbollah, is
appointed as minister of labor in Prime Minister Najib Miqati's
cabinet, a first for the group.
- In July
2006, Hezbollah begins its second war with Israel by launching a
raid into northern Israel, killing eight Israeli soldiers and
kidnapping two. In the 34-day war, 121 Israeli soldiers and as
many as 800 Hezbollah fighters are killed.
- On May 25,
2013, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah admits for
the first time that Hezbollah has been fighting on behalf of
Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian Civil War.
- On October 31, 2016, Hezbollah's ally Michel Aoun is elected
president of Lebanon. Iran
declares his election a "victory for Nasrallah."
- In September 2018, reports emerge that captured and wounded Houthi
fighters admitted to receiving training from Hezbollah military
experts in Yemen.
To explore the timeline
feature on Eye on Hezbollah, please click here.
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