The Documentary Podcast: Archive 2011 - Defining Hezbollah

In Lebanon many people fear that another war between Hezbollah and Israel is just over the horizon. But what exactly is Hezbollah and why do people support it? For Assignment Owen Bennett Jones reports from southern Lebanon on the nature and structure of the Shia movement that is so difficult to define.

Published on Thursday, 13th October 2011.

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