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Posters of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani are placed on chairs as supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gather for his televised speech in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 following the U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Soleimani. The posters read: &quot;Sayyad of martyrs in the axis of resistance. The martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani.&quot; (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hezbollah: Payback for U.S. strike has just begun

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2019 file photo, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold his pictures and waves Hezbollah flags in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian-backed Hezbollah built a reputation among supporters in Lebanon as a champion of the poor and a defender of the country against Israel's much more powerful military. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah insists on a coalition government

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2019 file photo, anti-government protesters wave Lebanese flags and chant, &quot;the people want to bring down the regime&quot; outside the office of legislator Mohammed Raad, the powerful head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon’s protests have shown unusual overt anger at the country’s powerhouse, Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanese protests test Hezbollah’s role as Shiites’ champion

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM - Associated Press

A motorcycle police officer passes by broken glass doors of a shop in the aftermath of a protest against the Lebanese government in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. The blaze of protests was unleashed a day earlier when the government announced a slate of new proposed taxes, including a $6 monthly fee for using Whatsapp voice calls. Arabic on the wall reads &quot;Revolution, left, Leave.&quot; (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s Nasrallah says he’s against government resignation

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - This Sunday Aug. 25, 2019 file photo, people listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah being broadcast on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel, at a coffee shop in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Nasrallah has called Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 on Saudi Arabia to stop the war in Yemen otherwise it will face more attacks on its soil. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Hezbollah tells Saudi Arabia to stop Yemen war

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech in Kyiv, Ukraine. The long shadow war between Israel and Iran has burst into the open in recent days, with Israel allegedly striking Iran-linked targets as far away as Iraq and crash-landing two drones in Lebanon. These incidents, along with an air raid in Syria that Israel says thwarted an imminent Iranian drone attack, have raised tensions at a particularly fraught time. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Israel’s shadow war with Iran bursts into the open

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel threatens ‘crushing’ response to any Hezbollah strike

Associated Press

Hezbollah fighters march at a rally to mark Jerusalem day or Al-Quds day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon’s Nasrallah says his group has no missile factories

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Lebanon’s Hezbollah warns US pressure on Iran may backfire

Associated Press

Supporter of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group listen to a speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, via a video link, during a rally marking Hezbollah Martyr's Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it won’t give up its rockets

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Hezbollah responds to Israel’s missile claims with ambiguity

Associated Press

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, as his supporters raise their hands, during activities to mark the ninth of Ashura, a 10-day ritual commemorating the death of Imam Hussein, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Hassan Nasrallah says his group may reduce the number of its fighters in Syria because of an easing of the conflict, particularly after a recent Russian-Turkey agreement that prevented an offensive on the last rebel stronghold. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

With a calmer Syria, Hezbollah may reduce its fighters there

Associated Press

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech through a giant screen, during a rally marking the12th anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group says U.S. sanctions against Iran and his group will not have major effects on them. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah downplays US sanctions on Iran

Associated Press

Women hold pictures of Hezbollah slain top commander Mustafa Badreddine, who was killed in an explosion in Damascus, as they listen to Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of his death, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 14, 2018. Nasrallah said a barrage of rockets from Syria against Israeli forces in the occupied Golan Heights last week opens &quot;a new phase&quot; in the conflict, warning that Israel proper could be the target next time. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Hezbollah says ‘new phase’ in war with Israel after strikes

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

File - In this Tuesday, March 1, 2016 file photo, American servicemen and Israeli soldiers participate in a joint drill simulating a rocket attack at a base in Hatzor, central Israel. Israel is making contingency plans to evacuate up to a quarter million people from communities along the Gaza and Lebanese borders to get them away from missile attacks if war erupts again with Hamas or Hezbollah. The mass evacuations would be the biggest in Israel's history, part of a bigger plan where the army works with municipalities to keep civilians safe. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel plans mass evacuation if war erupts again

By IAN DEITCH - Associated Press

Hezbollah Missiles Supplied by Iran Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

L. TODD WOOD: Hezbollah leader: After Syria, we set our sights on Israel

By L. Todd Wood

A wounded Lebanese man is carried from the site of an explosion in a suburb of Beirut on Wednesday. A blast in a Shiite district in southern Beirut killed several people Wednesday, security officials said. Twin suicide bombings killed at least six people. (Associated press)

Al Qaeda affiliate targets Hezbollah in Beirut

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, file photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Hezbollah to EU: Label Israel’s IDF a terror group

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Lebanese policeman speaks on his phone as he stands at a damaged balcony where a rocket struck an apartment in a building in the Chiyah district south of Beirut on Sunday, May 26, 2013. Rockets that slammed into two Hezbollah stronghold neighborhoods wounded at least four people. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

2 rockets hit Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon

By Zein Karam - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this image from video broadcast on Syrian state television Wednesday, April 17, 2013, President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview. (AP Photo/Syrian State TV via AP video

Hezbollah helping prop up Syrian regime in fight with rebels

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times