Israel Hezbollah chief: Supply route through Syria lost
According to its leader Naim Kassim, the Lebanese Hezbollah militia has lost its supply route for weapons due to the fall of Syria's government. "Hezbollah has lost its military supply route," said Kassim in a televised speech. However, this was only "a small detail" in the ongoing fight against Israel. The militia is "flexible" and "continuity" is important.
15.12.2024, 09:06
SDA
Iran was previously Hezbollah's most important supporter and supplied the heavily armed militia with weapons, including via the land route through Syria. The fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad in Syria, who was also allied with Tehran, is therefore also a serious setback for Iran in its fight against its declared arch-enemy Israel.
Apparently referring to the Islamist-led rebel alliance in Syria, Kassim said: "We hope that the new regime in Syria will regard Israel as an enemy and will not normalize relations with it." However, no judgment would be made about the group until it had taken a clear position.
Hezbollah and Israel were at war with each other until a ceasefire was reached last month.
