(CNN) -  Here's a look at the life of Hassan Nasrallah,
Secretary-General of Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim
militant group.  Personal: Birth date: August 31, 1960  Birth
place: Beirut, Lebanon  Father: Abd al-Karim, who worked as a
grocer.  Marriage: Fatima Yassin  Children: Muhammad Hadi (d.
1997 at 18); Muhammad Jawad, Zeinab, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad
Mahdi.  Education: Islamic seminaries in Iran and Iraq
Religion: Shiite Muslim  Other Facts: Oldest of nine children.
His family lived in Karantina, an impoverished area of East
Beirut.  Wears a black turban to signify that he is a descendant
of the Prophet Muhammad.  Timeline: 1975 - After civil war
breaks out in Lebanon, the Nasrallah family leaves Beirut and
moves to a village near Tyre.  1976 - Nasrallah moves to Najaf,
Iraq, to attend a Shiite seminary.  1978 - Is expelled from Iraq
during a time of Shiite repression (President Saddam Hussein was
a Sunni) and returns to Lebanon along with his mentor, Abbas
Musawi. Musawi establishes a religious school