Nasrallah re-elected as head of Hezbollah

BEIRUT (AFP) — Hassan Nasrallah was re-elected head of Hezbollah on Thursday following a congress that also adopted a new manifesto, which is to be revealed in coming days, the Lebanese Islamic resistance movement announced.

Nasrallah, 49, has headed Hezbollah since 1992 when his predecessor, Abbas Moussaoui, was martyred in an Israeli helicopter raid.

A statement by the Islamic resistance movement, created in 1982, said Nasrallah would explain the contents of the manifesto at a press conference to be announced soon.

The Hezbollah leader has taken extra security measures since the 2006 war between the Islamic resistance movement and the Zionist regime and rarely appears in public. His last press conference was held via video link.

The Thursday statement said the new political document adopted at the party congress endorsed modifications in line with changes that have taken place within the party in recent years.

Hezbollah has two ministers in the new government formed earlier this month.-

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