Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah
Subtitle: the unholy alliance and its war on Lebanon
By: Marius Deeb
Contributors: Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order
Series: Hoover Institution Press publication -- no. 640; Hoover Institution Press publication -- 640.
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9780817916657
Subjects: Politics and government; Hizballah (Lebanon); Foreign relations
Description: "Marius Deeb, an Oxford-educated authority on Middle Eastern politics and history, in a sequel to his authoritative Syria's Terrorist War on Lebanon and the Peace Process, shows how the Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah axis has tried, through assassination, terrorism and force, to undermine Lebanon's Cedar Revolution that triumphed in March 2005. The Cedar Revolution began in September 2000 as a protest movement led by Patriarch Sfair, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, and culminated on March 14, 2005, when 1.5 million demonstrated peacefully in Beirut calling for the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon and for a free, democratic, and pluralistic polity. No wonder that the Syria, Iran and Hezbollah axis has regarded the Cedar Revolution as its implacable enemy, for the Cedar Revolution is the antithesis of the Islamic revolution in Iran that demonized America and opened the floodgates of terrorism. In contrast, the Cedar Revolution is a nonviolent, democratic, and pro-Western revolution and thus an antidote to militant Islam and terrorism." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Terrorism and hostage taking; title: Patriarch Sfair : the conscience of Lebanon; title: The anti-Syrian opposition movement gathers strength; title: The Cedar Revolution; title: The unholy alliance versus the Cedar Revolution; title: Hezbollah provokes a war with Israel : July 12- August 14, 2006; title: The international Special Tribunal for Lebanon; title: A growing opposition to Hezbollah and Amal in the Shi'ite community; title: The Lebanese army defeats the terrorist organization Fatah al-Islam; title: Hezbollah uses force against Saad al-Hariri and Walid Jumblatt in Beirut and Mount Lebanon; title: The parliamentary elections of June 2009 and the Saad al-Hariri Cabinet; title: The indictment of leading Hezbollah members in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri; title: The revolution in Syria; title: Iran and Hezbollah are actively supporting the al-Assad regime; title: President al-Assad continues his terrorist war on Lebanon; title: Conclusion; title: Personal note.