Syria’s new rulers and Hezbollah: An unlikely détente?
The New Arab · International · newarab.com
- Arabic title
- حكام سوريا الجدد وحزب الله: تقارب غير متوقع؟
- English title
- Syria’s new rulers and Hezbollah: An unlikely détente?
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Syria's new rulers and Hezbollah: An unlikely détente?
Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Syria’s post-Assad government have a contentious relationship formed in the bloody crucible of the Syrian civil war, when Hezbollah intervened against the Syrian opposition in 2013 in defence of the ailing regime of Bashar Al-Assad.
However, a recent Reuters report suggests that the two sides have held secret meetings in Turkey designed to defuse tensions between them, which may suggest a relative détente.
This follows sporadic clashes on stretches of the non-demarcated Syrian-Lebanese border since the fall of the r…source ↗