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Hizbullah’s moral justification of Its military intervention in the Syrian civil war / Kızılkaya, Zafer

Kızılkaya, Zafer	Journal Article
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Intervening in the Syrian Civil War was a significant decision by Hizbullah’s leadership, carrying as it did the risk of losing public support in the Arab street. This article argues that Hizbullah used highly moralized rhetoric to justify its involvement in the Syrian conflict, emphasizing ethical necessity rather than self-interest. The article offers a descriptive analysis of Hizbullah’s justifications and compares them with major intellectual traditions on the ethics of war. The findings suggest that Hizbullah has been adept at developing a strategy for legitimizing its armed engagement outside Lebanese territory.

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Military Intervention ; Syrian Civil War ; Hizbullah’s Moral Justification

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Identity, war, and just cause for war: Hezbollah and Its use of force / Kizilkaya, Zafer

Kızılkaya, Zafer	Journal Article
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This essay first examines how Lebanese Hezbollah’s wars have changed the content and saliency of its several identities. It then focuses on the role of these identities on the group’s moral conception of using force. The analysis includes Hezbollah’s conflicts against Israel and its more recent military involvement in the Syrian conflict. The essay argues that Hezbollah exhibits five different identities: Islamic, Shiite, Lebanese, Arab, and resistance. Each has played a significant role in the group’s legitimizing of its war decisions, which in turn has provided Hezbollah the grounds to remain an armed non-state actor in the Middle East.

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War ; Use of force ; Identity ; Hezbollah ; Just Cause for War

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