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Hezbollah's Drone Distraction

Amid reports of a Hezbollah drone shot down over Israeli airspace, some believe that the party’s leadership was trying to divert growing criticism from its base, writes an Al-Monitor correspondent in Beirut.

A correspondent in Beirut
A correspondent in Beirut
Apr 26, 2013
Lebanese Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim sheikhs listen to Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a rally to commemorate the birth of Prophet Mohammad in Beirut's suburbs, January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3CY5E
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appears on video during a rally to commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad in Beirut's suburbs, Jan. 25, 2013. — REUTERS/Sharif Karim

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