Cornered Hamas looks back at Iran, Hezbollah


  • World
  • Tuesday, 20 Aug 2013

GAZA (Reuters) - Stunned by turmoil in neighbouring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party.

An off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas celebrated when the Sunni movement's Mohamed Mursi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, believing the vote would boost its own international standing and its grip on the isolated Gaza Strip.

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