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Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (English pronunciation ⓘ; Arabic: أبو مصعب الزرقاوي, romanized: Abū Muṣ‘ab az-Zarqāwī, "Father of Musab, of Zarqa"; October 30, 1966 [1] [2] [3] – June 7, 2006), born Ahmad Fadeel Nazal al-Khalayleh (Arabic: أحمد فضيل نزال الخلايلة, romanized: Aḥmad Faḍīl Nazāl al-Khalāyla), was a Jordanian militant jihadist who ran a ...
Hezbollah's senior leadership faced the heaviest casualties in its entire history during the conflict. According to the IDF, 13 members of Hezbollah's senior command were killed. [ 57 ] Its political council lost figures such as Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah , who ruled the group for over three decades, and his deputy, Hashem Safieddine .
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) 8 October – 23 November 2023 Initial clashes following the 7 October Hamas-led ...
On 17 October 2004, al-Zarqawi pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, and the group became known as Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn (commonly known as al-Qaeda in Iraq). [2] [24] [25] [17] Al-Zarqawi died in a US targeted airstrike in June 2006 on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6:15 p.m. local time.
The official expected Hezbollah to carry out a wide-ranging policy review after the war, dealing with all major issues: Israel, its weapons, and the internal politics of Lebanon, where its weapons ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present) Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–2024), the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israel Attested Hezbollah presence in Lebanon Lebanese territory under Israeli control Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ...
The two sides' first engagement occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, as Iran became increasingly involved in Lebanon's internal affairs. With funding from the Iranian government and training and supervision from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah was built up in Syrian-occupied Lebanon by various religious clerics amidst the 1982 Lebanon War, primarily as a Khomeinist force ...
Israel and Hezbollah have repeatedly traded fire since then — but the intensity rose to another level Monday, when Israeli airstrikes killed more than 270 people, according to Lebanese officials. That would make it the deadliest day in Lebanon since Israel and Hezbollah last went to war in 2006.