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How did Hezbollah integrate itself into southern Lebanon and pretty much become the de facto gov but not the strangle hold? (lemmy.world)
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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The official government been ignoring the south since independence giving hezbollah the opportunity to build a state within a state building schools, hospital etc

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 0 points 10 hours ago

Yeah. Hezbollah typically gets represented in international news more for its militia, but the locals experience it more as a political party/machine running a lot of local government.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social -1 points 23 hours ago

Money and troops shipped straight from Iran, mostly.