Lebanon is caught in a cycle of threats. And it is our duty to be strong and capable of defending our country. But we will not clarify or explain what we do or do not possess.

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.