Talk:Hezbollah

Al-Qusayr?
Where is the proof that Hezbollah is fighting in Al-Qusayr? Is this only based on rebel claims? How do the rebels know whom they have killed? Do they have the bodies? ...and ID cards?

Does Hezbollah officially admit that it is involved in Al-Qusayr? Do they list their martyrs? To me the whole story sounds like FSA propaganda. Yet it is repeated all over the Western media. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 19:48, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Here is something, originally from the New York Times. But still no proof that the "rebel attack" happened in Syria or in Qusayr. This could just as well have been in Lebanon. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 20:15, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Ok, the original story in the New York Times has more detail.
 * Quote:In the northern city of Tripoli, which supplies Sunni fighters to rebel ranks, three Lebanese soldiers were killed Monday in clashes with rebels.
 * All this could still be happening inside Lebanon. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 20:25, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Here is a better source, on Jihadology, citing Hezbollah sources. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 20:38, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

Sy Per says, on the NDF militias:
 * Also, volunteers started coming in from Lebanon - which is one explanation for the FSA canard about Hizbollah joining the fighting. --Caustic Logic (talk) 21:59, 21 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hezbollah would still say they died performing their "jihadist duties". -- Petri Krohn (talk) 23:18, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

More from SyrPer today:
 * The big issue today is not so much the defeat of the rats in Al-Qusayr, but the participation of Hizbollah in the fighting. Some reports give the number of dead Hizbollah fighters at 17 and some at 28.  The real fact is that the "Rat Opposition" view any Southern Lebanese-accented person as a member of Hizbollah.  We must remember that our National Defense Forces were cobbled together from Syrian, Lebanese, Iraqi and Palestinian volunteers.  Many of the fighters inside Al-Qusayr are of Lebanese stock:  some are members of the NDF, some members of the Ba'ath Party and some who are long-time residents in Syria who belong to a militia sanctioned by the government.  Don't believe all the nonsense about Hizbollah.
 * There is an effort under way to denigrate the quality and effectiveness of our army. This is being done by attributing recent successes to Russian advisers or even Hizbollah officers. Pure poppycock unworthy of another sentence.
 * Hizbollah forces are in Syria. Neither Wael nor Monzer will hazard a guess as to how many for the reason that that is classified.  We do know that most are stationed in villages like Al-Dumayna, Al-Ghassaaniyya and others which were just recently decontaminated.  Their job is to protect the returning villagers and to prevent efforts by the rats in Lebanon to send in either reinforcements or supplies.  They have done an excellent job.

Adam's Thoughts
I should weigh in here, but I'm not following it closely or the best informed. I gather Hezbollah sources are acknowledging funerals, AFIK not specified where they were fighting. One task given them, Ziad says, is to stop the Sunni fanatics from crossing over to attack Shi'ites. And who could argue with that? Hardly anyone denies there is some Hezbollah in Syria, some Lebanese in Qusayr, and it seems quite possible there are some Hezbollah there. WTF? Jordan and Turkey and Lebanese (and Iraqi?) city council militias have been letting in Hamas, MB, Al Qaeda, etc. for two years. I don't give a fuck if Russians and Iranian Republican Guards are helping. Order must be re-imposed ASAP. Bleeding like this kills in time. I'm glad that kind of help is not needed, or hope it's not. It really has dragged on, and we know why. Hint: it's a conspiracy, just not a very secret one. --Caustic Logic (talk) 10:09, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Fighting in Lebanon
Syrian rebels fighting against the Lebanese army and Hezbollah in Lebanon. -- Petri Krohn (talk) 11:46, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Syrian, 2 Lebanese Charged with Deadly Assault on Army – Naharnet, May 5, 2013
 * Syrian Air Raid Targets Arsal, Suleiman Urges Respect of Lebanon's Sovereignty – Naharnet, May 5, 2013

Aleppo

 * Shiite Enclaves North of Aleppo Becoming Staging Grounds for Hezbollah’s Next Offensive – Nicholas A. Heras, Jamestown (Terrorism Monitor Volume: 11 Issue: 13)