Hezbollah’s many opponents from within both Christian and Muslim parties accuse the Iran-supported organization of running a mini-state within Lebanon, disregarding the nation’s sovereignty.
GEBRAN BASSIL, leader of Lebanon’s biggest Christian bloc, the Free Patriotic Movement, speaks after a parliamentary session in Beirut, in October.(photo credit: REUTERS/ISSAM ABDALLAH)ByNEVILLE TELLER