Hezbollah rebuilds stronghold

October 22, 2007

Lebanon's parliament has again postponed a special session to choose its president, facing more deadlock between its anti-Syrian and Hezbollah-led lawmakers. The fresh delay prolongs what is the most serious political crisis the country has known since its 1975-1990 civil war. An AFPTV report from a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, where reconstruction work following the 2006 Israeli onslaught is ongoing.