Middle East Conflicts Engulf Hezbollah as ‘Killing Machine’ Ally

In the Lebanese village of Mleeta, Hezbollah displays war booty captured from Israeli soldiers at a shrine to showcase the group’s rise from obscurity in 1982 to the country’s most influential force.

With backers in Syria and Iran mired in civil war or economic sanctions, the organization is now trying to show it can retain that power. Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah claimed his militants launched a drone assembled from Iranian-made parts that flew over Israeli territory on Oct. 6 and Hezbollah’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is unwavering.