Subhi al-Tufayli

Subhi at- Tufaili or Subhi Al- Tufaili (Arabic صبحي الطفيلي, DMG Subhi aṭ - Ṭufailī; * 1948 in Brital / Bekaa ) is a former leader of Hezbollah.

He spent nine years of study in Najaf, and a short time in the Iranian city of Qom.

He became the leader of Hezbollah in the Bekaa Valley, one of the three major regional strongholds of the Hezbollah in Lebanon. He started the resistance against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. 1989 to 1991 he served as Secretary General of Hezbollah, until he was replaced by Abbas al - Musawi.

In 1997, he conducted a campaign of civil disobedience against the government. In 1998 there were armed clashes with the Lebanese army and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, he is said to have split from the wing under Hassan Nasrallah. al - Tufaili also represents opinions that contradict the leadership of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah: he rejects any government support Truppens Assad in the Syrian civil war vehemently and called the rule of the jurist in Iran, which is prescribed by the Constitution of the Islamic Republic, " tyrannical. "