Hizbullah’s rising clout in Lebanon’s parliament gives State Dept. pause

Hizbullah’s rising clout in Lebanon’s parliament gives State Dept. pause

by WorldTribune Staff, December 19, 2018 The U.S. State Department on Dec. 17 expressed concern over the Iran-backed Hizbullah terror organization’s rise in Lebanon’s government. “We continue to have deep concerns regarding Hizbullah’s growing political power inside Lebanon,” a State Department official told Reuters. Hizbullah and its allies gained more than half the seats of the 128-member Lebanese […]