Dec 9, 2024 · What does Assad's fall mean for Hezbollah's military power in the region? In the past, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had counted upon the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah’s...

Sep 29, 2024 · Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Shia militant group, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Friday in Beirut, almost a year after his group started launching rockets into Israel to...

Dec 9, 2024 · The regimes of Hafez al-Assad in Damascus and Ayatollah Khomeini in Teheran forged a strategic alliance against their common enemy, Saddam Hussein, who two years earlier had dared to launch...

Hezbollah has helped the Ba'athist regime during the Syrian civil war in its fight against the Syrian opposition, which Hezbollah has described as a "plot to destroy its alliance with al-Assad against Israel". [14]

Aug 28, 2013 · Hezbollah. The Shiite militant group is the strongest military force inside Lebanon. It's also a close Assad ally, and its leader pledged support to the embattled Syrian leader.

Nov 30, 2024 · An anti-government fighter tears down a portrait of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, after jihadists and their allies entered the northern Syrian city, on November 30, 2024.

Oct 9, 2024 · Hezbollah, which initially expressed support for popular Arab protests in countries like Egypt, took the decision to join the civil war in Syria on the side of its president, Bashar al-Assad.

Bashar al-Assad [a] (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician, military officer, and former dictator [1] who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown by Syrian rebels in December 2024.

Dec 9, 2024 · Opposition rebels in Syria took advantage of an opportunity to weaken the hold of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after 13 years of civil war. Launched just two weeks ago, the operation caught nearly everyone off guard with its rapid success in capturing Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo.

Dec 9, 2024 · In recent years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose government had been sanctioned and ostracized from regional and international diplomacy since 2011, even regained some of his standing, as the Arab League reinstated Syria and there was talk of sanctions relief.