The Lebanese Communication Group is a company set up by the Lebanese Islamist political group

Hezbollah Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...

, to manage both Al-Manar and Al-Nour networks. The Lebanese Communication Group is sometimes called the Lebanese Media Group. Hezbollah Secretary General Nasrallah publicized an invitation for all Lebanese citizens to volunteer for Hezbollah military training on al-Manar and al-Nour, who have been the media arms of the Hezbollah network and have facilitated its activities supported by the

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and

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. Members of Hezbollah's Executive Council, notably Nasrallah, controlled the budgets of al-Manar and al-Nour.

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Hezbollah Mass media in Lebanon {{Lebanon-media-stub Companies based in Beirut Television networks in Lebanon Radio stations in Lebanon