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"The Saudis have initiated a major campaign to undermine Iran's ally Hezbollah, which they believe is vulnerable today. Riyadh is likely to have considerable but not complete success. It's a characteristically risky strategy. The Saudis branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization earlier this year and then persuaded their Gulf Cooperation Council allies to do the same on March 2. Then Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef pressed a summit of Arab interior ministers to join in lambasting Hezbollah in Tunis in early March. The Arab League formally agreed to label Hezbollah a terrorist group at a Foreign Ministerial in Cairo later in the month. Only Iraq and Lebanon abstained. "

"Hezbollah fighters and the Syrian army thwarted an attack by ISIS militants on their posts near Lebanon's border overnight Monday, the Hezbollah-affiliated War Media Center said."

"Israel has long been worried that Hezbollah will be emboldened by access to sophisticated weapons in Syria provided by the Russian military, concerned that once the Syrian opposition has been vanquished, Hezbollah would turn its focus to the Jewish state. "

"Hezbollah-ISIS prisoner exchange took place last week following an ISIS ambush on a group of Hezbollah fighters in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo"

The DEA caught Lebanese militant organization, Hezbollah, in an international drug operation that was helping to finance the terrorist network's operations in Syria. Hezbollah worked with South American drug cartels to smuggle the drugs via the bodies of expensive foreign sports cars being shipped internationally.

"Activists in the UK have launched a campaign to have Hezbollah officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government. The Israel-Britain Alliance is leading the campaign to have Hezbollah officially proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government. Nearly 20 different organisations, both Jewish and Christian, have thrown their weight behind the initiative so far."

"Lebanese Hezbollah is fighting the ISIS terrorist group, but the West and Saudi Arabia apparently consider Hezbollah, not the ISIS, to be the major menace to their geopolitical interests."

"Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah Sunday announced that Hezbollah had covertly sent fighters to combat ISIS in Iraq, saying that his party had fought under local command and not interfered in the country's internal affairs as Saudi Arabia had in some Arab states."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly admitted on Monday for the first time that Israel had attacked dozens of convoys transporting weapons in Syria destined for the Jewish state's arch-enemy Hezbollah.

"Conventional wisdom that Syria will turn out to be "Hezbollah's mini-Vietnam", and that the Iranian backed Lebanese armed group could encounter its gradual collapse in the conflict, is proving to be misguided three years into its involvement. While Hezbollah is losing manpower and assets in Syria, it is also expanding its foothold and leverage across the country and gaining military expertise."

"kingdom of Bahrain on Monday published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as "terrorist," according to the state news agency BNA Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement, already branded as "terrorist" by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League, topped the list approved by Bahrain's cabinet, BNA said."

"The Lebanese Army and Hezbollah fighters pounded extremist posts Saturday along the country's northeastern border for the second day in a row."

Israel's two most daunting enemies are Hamas and Hezbollah. Both backed by the Muslim Brotherhood, they fight to rid the world of infidels.

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement urged Arab states throughout the region to set aside sectarian rivalries to confront the threat posed by the Islamic State.

Recognized as a terrorist organisation by most, Hezbollah has been at war with ISIS.

This article talks about how christians in Lebanon have joined forces against ISIS. They have done this in collaboration with Hezbollah, who is recognized by some as a terrorist organization, but is against ISIS

The deputy prime minister of Russia, Bikhail Bogdanov talks about the countries support for Hezbollah, and encourages thier fight against ISIS.

"SIS and Hezbollah haven't been in direct confrontation in Syria. Except for one clash this year near the Lebanese border, the so-called Islamic State has never gone into battle with "the Party of God." The Lebanese feared that ISIS claiming responsibility for the explosion in Beirut could be the beginning of a bloody new era. "

Israelis speak out against the improving perception of Hezbollah.

" Hezbollah captives held in Syria by the al-Qaida affiliated organization, Jabhat al-Nusra, have spoken against Hezbollah's involvement in the military conflict in Syria, claiming that it is not clear why the organization takes part in a war that has nothing to do with Lebanon."