Headquarters Beirut, Lebanon National affiliation March 14 Alliance | Religion Shia Muslim | |
Leader Sheikh Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan Founded 2006; 11 years ago (2006) | ||
Free Shia Movement (Arabic: التيار الشيعي الحرّ,Al-Tayar Al-Shi'iy Al-Hurr) is a Lebanese Shi'ite political movement allied with the Lebanese opposition March 14 Alliance and opposed to mainstream Shi'ite movements allied with the March 8 Alliance, namely Hezbollah and Amal Movement.
It is headed by Sheikh Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan and is opposed to the alleged political hegemony of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement on the Shi'ite community in Lebanon. It also opposed the intervention of Hezbollah in Syrian civil war.
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