POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: South Lebanon Army, Syrian Civil War, Asymmetric Warfare
19 Dec 2018
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Israel, iran, and hezbollah nov. 22, 2018: very important to the conflict as it currently exists. Outcome of 1982 war: asymmetric warfare: plo relocates to tunisia, far from palestine this created a vacuum which hezbollah stepped into the absence of palestinian militant groups from lebanon left an opportunity for. Israel created proxy south lebanon army (sla: existential threat is gone, but israel cannot make lasting strategic gains via military force, perpetrated the stalemate that has actually been beneficial for hezbollah, as they are getting stronger. Lebanon: drew its support from shi"a in lebanon and directly with beirut, 1500 iranian revolutionary guard personnel deployed to lebanon by early 1980s to organize shi"a armed groups (levitt) 2006 war between israel and hezbollah: 12 july-14 august 2006: hezbollah forces kidnap 4 israeli soldiers patrolling near. Hezbollah targets in syria; iran has begun stationing missiles in syria and, reportedly,
