Hezbollah sources said the group had not yet been called to help and was “not ready to send forces to Syria at this stage.”
Hezbollah does not currently intend to send fighters to northern Syria to support the Syrian army there, three sources told Reuters.
The sources said that Hezbollah had not yet been called upon to assist and that “it was not ready to send forces to Syria at this stage,” after the ceasefire ended a year of hostilities with Israel, including heavy ground clashes in southern Lebanon.
It is recalled that the capture of Aleppo by Syrian rebels, with President Bashar al-Assad losing control of the region, brought the civil war in Syria back into the spotlight, with consequences for the region and beyond.
What’s going on?
Rebels launched their surprise attack on November 26, attacking from areas north and northwest of Aleppo. They stormed the city on November 29-30, driving out government forces, according to Reuters.
It is the first time control of the city has changed hands since 2016, when government forces, backed by Russia and Iran, defeated rebels who controlled Aleppo’s eastern districts.
Rebels continued their advance in areas south and southwest of Aleppo, occupying territory in Hama province.
The government has vowed to fight back. Russia, which deployed its air force to Syria in 2015 to help Assad, has been conducting airstrikes in support of the army.
It marks the most serious escalation of the conflict in years, raising the death toll to hundreds of thousands since 2011, when the war erupted in the Arab Spring uprising against Assad’s rule. Since then, more than half of the pre-war population of 23 million have been forced from their homes, while millions have fled abroad as refugees.
Source :Skai
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