What is Hezbollah’s Role in the Syrian Crisis?
What is Hezbollah’s Role in the Syrian Crisis? By Nicholas A. Heras, Jamestown Foundation.
Recent reports of an increase in Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria’s civil war as combatants alongside the Syrian military represent a potentially sharp escalation in the regional impact of the ongoing conflict. Accusations concerning Hezbollah’s military support for the Assad government leveled by the party’s Lebanese political opponents, the Syrian opposition and pro-opposition states have been persistent since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in March 2011…