Topic - Hezbollah

is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and banned paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army in 2016. - Source: Wikipedia

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