Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon mourn Khamenei's death | ABS-CBN News

Описание: Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters rallied in Lebanon on Sunday (March 1) to honour Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Kahmenei, who was killed in air strikes by Israel and the U.S. that pulverised his central Tehran compound, after decades of efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program diplomatically failed.

In Beirut southern suburbs, participants held flags of Hezbollah and shouted slogans against the U.S. and Israel.

Khamenei expanded Iranian influence in the region, empowering Shi'ite militias in Iraq and Lebanon, and propping up then-President Bashar al-Assad by deploying thousands of soldiers to Syria.

He spent billions over four decades on these allies - the "Axis of Resistance", which also included Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group, and Yemen's Houthis - to oppose Israeli and U.S. power in the Middle East.

But in 2024 Khamenei saw these alliances unravel, and Iran's regional influence shrivel, with the ousting of Assad and a series of defeats inflicted by Israel on Hezbollah in Lebanon and on Hamas in Gaza, including the killing of their leaders.

There have been worldwide protests for and against the military strikes on Iran.

(Production: Ahmad al-Kerdi, Kinda Makieh)

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