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LEBANON
Hassan Nasrallah is re-elected head of Hezbollah
Hassan Nasrallah was re-elected head of Hezbollah on Thursday following a congress that also adopted a new manifesto, which is to be revealed in coming days, the militant Shiite party announced.
LEBANON
Hezbollah warns new government to avoid arms issue
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said he would cooperate with Lebanon's new unity government but urged it to steer clear of the "big issues," in reference to his group's notorious weapons stockpile.
LEBANON
Hariri's proposed cabinet rejected by Hezbollah-led opposition
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (photo) has rejected the cabinet line-up proposed by prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, saying that the "inadequate" coalition proposal would only complicate the political situation in the country.
LEBANON
Hezbollah chief Nasrallah acknowledges election defeat
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says he accepts the results of Lebanon's parliamentary election, in which a pro-Western coalition supported by the United States and Saudi Arabia defeated his Iran- and Syria-backed militant group and its allies.
LEBANON
Hezbollah chief blasts Hariri investigation
Hassan Nasrallah, the powerful head of the Shiite Hezbollah group, has attacked the international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq al-Hariri as biased, dismissing Wednesday's release of four suspects.
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LEBANON
Hezbollah denies trying to destabilise Egypt
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah (pictured) has confirmed that a man Egypt is holding on suspicion of planning attacks in that country is a member but denies the Lebanese Shiite movement is seeking to destabilise Egypt's leadership.
LEBANON
Hezbollah says it has right to 'any kind of weapon'
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said via public broadcast that his group has the right to possess anti-aircraft weapons, while neither confirming nor denying recent Israeli reports that Syria had delivered ground-to-air missiles to the Shia militia.
HEZBOLLAH - ISRAEL
Israel buries returned soldiers
Israel is burying soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, whose remains were returned in a UN-brokered prisoner swap with Lebanon's Hezbollah. In return, Israel released five Lebanese prisoners, including convicted murderer Samir Qantar.
HEZBOLLAH - ISRAEL
Ex-prisoners get triumphant Beirut reception
Five Lebanese prisoners, including convicted murderer Samir Qantar (left), were personally welcomed by Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah before a roaring crowd in Beirut as Israelis marked the prisoner swap with a somber service.
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ISRAEL - LEBANON
Hezbollah chief agrees to prisoner swap with Israel
Hezbollah agreed to a prisoner swap with Israel within two weeks, according to its leader Hassan Nasrallah. The exchange will see two Israeli soldiers released in return for five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of around 200 militants.
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