A Hezbollah position in Syria, in December 2024, before the fall of the Assad regime. (Credit: Louai Beshara/AFP)
While Hezbollah is still at war with Israel, Syrian authorities are accusing it of attempting to carry out “hostile” operations in and from Syria to destabilize the country.In its most recent claim, Syria said it dismantled three “new tunnels” linking Lebanon to Homs.Earlier, Syrian authorities accused the party of trying to fire rockets from Syria's Quneitra toward Israel, seeking to draw it into the regional conflict.At the start of the month, the country also accused Hezbollah of links to a cell that tried to plant an explosive device outside the residence of a Jewish religious figure in Damascus.The militia, which had supported Bashar al-Assad’s regime in its brutal repression of the Syrian uprising from 2011 to 2024, denied these allegations. Zooming out Amid regional instability, Syria seeks to position itself as a useful...
While Hezbollah is still at war with Israel, Syrian authorities are accusing it of attempting to carry out “hostile” operations in and from Syria to destabilize the country.In its most recent claim, Syria said it dismantled three “new tunnels” linking Lebanon to Homs.Earlier, Syrian authorities accused the party of trying to fire rockets from Syria's Quneitra toward Israel, seeking to draw it into the regional conflict.At the start of the month, the country also accused Hezbollah of links to a cell that tried to plant an explosive device outside the residence of a Jewish religious figure in Damascus.The militia, which had supported Bashar al-Assad’s regime in its brutal repression of the Syrian uprising from 2011 to 2024, denied these allegations. Zooming out Amid regional instability, Syria seeks to position itself as a...
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