Jihād al-Binā' or "Effort for Reconstruction" in Arabic

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 foundation run by Hezbollah in Lebanon

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The primary purpose of the organization is to help alleviate the consequences of the Lebanese Civil War

Lebanese Civil War

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 and Israeli occupation. The organization is well-known for infrastructure construction projects, educational projects, and helping shelter refugees of the various conflicts that have plagued Lebanon in the recent past.

The headquarters of Jihād al-Binā' are located in the southern suburbs of Beirut.

It is designated by the US OFAC as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

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group, which allows the US to block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism.

Sources

http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/300/320/324/324.2/hizballah/jihad-el-binna/index.html

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