The history of Hezbollah, from Israel to SyriaDespite faltering popularity abroad, Hezbollah enjoys extensive political power at home in Lebanon. Once a champion of Palestinian and Lebanese resistance, the group's popularity in the Middle East dropped amid its association with Bashar al-Assad's embattled regime in Syria [EPA] In July 2006, long-standing tensions flared into war when Hezbollah operators crossed into Israel, killed three soldie
