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Clashes on Syrian Border Split Lebanese Town
The village of Ras Baalbek, Lebanon, is determined to stay out of the Syrian conflict, even as it is pushed toward deeper reliance on one of the combatants, Hezbollah.| Hezbollah | |
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| Secretary-General | Hassan Nasrallah |
| Founded | 1985 (official) |
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| Religion | Shia Islam |
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| Founder | Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and Mahmoud Zahar |
| Chief of the Political Bureau | Khaled Mashal[1][2] |
| Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau | Mousa Abu Marzouq[1][2] |
| Founded | 1987[3][4] |
| Preceded by | Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood |
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| Ideology | Palestinian self-determination Sunni Islamism,[5] Islamic fundamentalism,[6] Palestinian nationalism |
| Religion | Islam |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood |
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World
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