Sounds like Hezbollah is growing and growing which is not a good thing..
Issue No.1260, 27 August, 2015 25-08-2015 10:34PM ET
The Hizbullah franchise
First it was in Lebanon and then it moved to Iraq. Now it is in Syria. Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus on the expanding reach of the Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah
But only in recent days have activists, commentators and opposition fighters offered proof of the new group’s existence. Insignia found in the possession of dead fighters and the admissions of captured combatants suggest that Iran has once again been extending its influence in the region.
Syria now has its own brand of the Hizbullah militia that Iran has used so effectively as a foreign policy tool in both Lebanon and Iraq. According to Syrian resistance sources, the new group has adopted the same ideology and goals of its prototype, Hizbullah-Lebanon.
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Issue No.1260, 27 August, 2015 25-08-2015 10:34PM ET
The Hizbullah franchise
First it was in Lebanon and then it moved to Iraq. Now it is in Syria. Bassel Oudat reports from Damascus on the expanding reach of the Lebanese Shia group Hizbullah
Since May 2014, Western sources have speculated about the emergence of a “new Hizbullah,” a local franchise of the Iranian-backed group already present in Lebanon and Iraq.
But only in recent days have activists, commentators and opposition fighters offered proof of the new group’s existence. Insignia found in the possession of dead fighters and the admissions of captured combatants suggest that Iran has once again been extending its influence in the region.
Syria now has its own brand of the Hizbullah militia that Iran has used so effectively as a foreign policy tool in both Lebanon and Iraq. According to Syrian resistance sources, the new group has adopted the same ideology and goals of its prototype, Hizbullah-Lebanon.
Continue reading at:
The-Hizbullah-franchise - Al-Ahram Weekly