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Hezbollah–Syria Clashes (2024–present)
Since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024 following a HTS-led Syrian opposition offensive, several clashes have occurred between the newly formed Syrian transitional government and Hezbollah, which had previously backed the Assad regime throughout the Syrian civil war, primarily along the Lebanon–Syria border. The clashes primarily revolve around geopolitical animosities and Captagon smuggling issues, as the new Syrian government seeks to prevent Iranian weapon transfers to Hezbollah. The confrontations escalated on 16 March 2025, when Hezbollah-affiliated militants kidnapped and murdered three Syrian soldiers near Zeita Dam in the west of Homs. The conflict led to the involvement of the Lebanese Armed Forces, creating a destabilized security situation characterized by cross-border artillery exchanges, military buildups along the border, and increasing humanitarian concerns for civilian safety. The instability represented one of the most serious cross-bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanon–Syria Border
The Lebanon–Syria border is 394 km (245 miles) in length and runs from the Mediterranean coast in the north to the tripoint with Israel in the south. Description The border starts at confluence of the Nahr al-Kabir river with the Mediterranean Sea, and then follows this river eastwards some distance inland. The Lebanese border forms a Salient (geography), salient to include the villages of Karha and Knaisse Akkar in the north-east of Akkar District, just west of the Syrian Lake Homs, before turning to the south-east via a series of irregular lines, cutting across the Orontes River, Orontes (at ) and the Beqaa Valley, trans-Beqaa road between Qaa and Al-Qusayr, Syria, Al-Qusayr (at ), reaching the Anti-Lebanon Mountains at about . The border then turns towards the south-west, generally following the Anti-Lebanon Mountains via a series of irregular lines, until reaching Mount Hermon. The precise location of the Lebanese–Israeli–Syrian tripoint is unclear due to Israel's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Operations Command
The Military Operations Command, or the Military Operations Department, formerly known as Al-Fatah al-Mubin until November 2024, is a joint military operations room of Islamist and nationalist factions of the Syrian opposition participating in the Syrian civil war. The operations room was declared in June 2019, evolving from the "Damascus Conquest" operations room formed in May, during the Syrian Army's Dawn of Idlib 1 campaign, and consists of rebel groups operating in opposition-held areas of northwestern Syria concentrated in Idlib. The three groups comprising the coalition are Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation, and Jaysh al-Izza. In October 2020, HTS and two leading factions from the NLF began to finalize the creation of a Unified Military Council in Idlib. In December 2024, the alliance launched an offensive which resulted in the collapse of the Assad-led government and a new transitional government led by senior figures from Hay' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezbollah–Iran Relations
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a key patron of the Lebanese Shia Islamist militia and political party Hezbollah. Iranian support, including financial aid, deployment of Revolutionary Guards, and training, has played an important role in Hezbollah's formation and development. Hezbollah has functioned as Iran's proxy since its inception, and is considered to be part of the "Axis of Resistance". Hezbollah itself, founded in 1982, originated as an Iranian-backed Shi'ite militant group in Lebanon. The organization's founders adopted the model outlined by Ayatollah Khomeini after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and its forces were trained by a contingent of Revolutionary Guards from Iran. Hezbollah officially aligned itself with the Iranian regime in 1985, and the close relationship between Hezbollah and Iran has persisted ever since. Iran considers its relationship with Hezbollah as crucial, as it provides Iran with a means to expand its influence in the Levant, exert pressure on Isr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Syria
The government of Syria takes place in a presidential system and is currently in a transitionary period under and led by a transitional government. The seat of the government is located in Damascus, Syria. On 8 December 2024, after the successful Syrian rebel offensives resulted in the fall of Damascus and the ouster of former president Bashar al-Assad, many former government officials under Assad's regime fled to neighboring countries for sanctuary. Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, the dominant opposition faction, has tasked Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir of the Syrian Salvation Government to head the Syrian caretaker government. On 29 January 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa was appointed President of Syria by the Syrian General Command for the transitional period during the Syrian Revolution Victory Conference in Damascus, after serving as the '' de facto'' leader following the fall of the Assad regime. On 13 March, al-Sharaa signed an interim constitution for a five-year trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ba'athist Syrian Captagon Industry
The Ba'athist Syrian Captagon industry was the state-sponsored drug manufacturing and trafficking apparatus of Ba'athist Syria, which was responsible for about 80% of the global production of the Captagon drug. Ba'athist Syria exported the drug to various countries, mainly in the Middle East region, including Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Gulf states, and Egypt. The drug export was one of the main sources of income for the government of Bashar al-Assad, helping it to prop up the economy during the Syrian Civil War. Based on 2023 estimates, about 80% of Captagon was produced in Syria and exported from the port of Latakia with the assistance of the Ba'athist Syrian government under the command of Maher al-Assad. Estimates suggest that the Captagon trade market ranges from $5.7 billion to $57 billion. This estimated revenue was three times greater than the combined operations of the Mexican cartels. Over the years, hundreds of millions of Captagon pills were smuggled into Jordan, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hezbollah–Syria Relations
Hezbollah–Syria relations have been a crucial aspect of Middle East, Middle Eastern geopolitics, particularly since the onset of the Syrian civil war. Hezbollah played a substantial role in Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war, bolstering the Ba'athist Syria, Assad regime against Syrian opposition to Bashar al-Assad, Syrian opposition forces throughout the Syrian civil war since 2011. Hezbollah, an Iran, Iranian-backed Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon, established itself as a significant force in Syria with both military and political power, waging a Sectarianism and minorities in the Syrian civil war, largely sectarian war against the Sunni Islam, Sunni-dominated Syrian rebel forces. In 2023, the attempts by the UAE and Saudi Arabia to rebuild ties with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad was met with concerns by Hezbollah. The Syrian regime was willing to explore possibilities for new alliances. However, with the fall of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ba'athist Syria
Ba'athist Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), was the Syrian state between 1963 and 2024 under the One-party state, one-party rule of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, Syrian regional branch of the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction), Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. From 1971 until its collapse in 2024, it was ruled by the Assad family, and was therefore commonly referred to as the Assad regime. The regime emerged in 1963 as a result of 1963 Syrian coup d'état, a coup d'état led by Alawites, Alawite Ba'athism, Ba'athist military officers. Another 1966 Syrian coup d'état, coup in 1966 led to Salah Jadid becoming the country's de facto leader while Nureddin al-Atassi assumed the presidency. In 1970, Jadid and al-Atassi were overthrown by Hafez al-Assad in the Corrective Movement (Syria), Corrective Movement. The next year, Assad became president after winning 1971 Syrian presidential election, sham elections. After assuming power, Assad reorganised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
