Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:51am on 15 Dec 2024,Sunday International
Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem acknowledged the loss of the group’s critical military supply route through Syria following the toppling of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by a rebel offensive. Anti-Assad fighters seized the Iraq-Syria border on Dec. 6, followed by Damascus two days later. Qassem emphasized the loss as a “detail” in their resistance strategy and suggested alternative routes could be explored. Hezbollah, which intervened in Syria in 2013 to support Assad, has withdrawn fighters as a transitional government led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham takes control. Qassem urged the new Syrian leadership to maintain hostility toward Israel.
