In the end, we are part of this region, and we are affected by its developments. What we may do or not do in the future depends on the nature of what happens here in the region.

Nasrallah studied at the Shi'a seminary in the Beqaa Valley town of Baalbek. However after a short pause hostilities resumed.

The group's military wing -- though not any of its other divisions nor the organization as a whole -- is designated a proscribed terrorist group by the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia. Hezbollah is regarded as a legitimate resistance movement and political party throughout much of the Arab and Muslim worlds but is considered a terrorist organization by the United States the Netherlands Israel and Canada.