Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war information
Hezbollah military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war
Part of Foreign Involvement in the Syrian civil war, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict, and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict in the Syrian civil war
Military situation, as of April 9, 2019: (for a clickable version of the map without shaded areas, see here
Date
6 May 2011 – present
Location
Syria, Lebanon
Result
ongoing
Belligerents
Hezbollah Allied militias: PMF[1] Arab Nationalist Guard SSNP
Liwa Fatemiyoun
Liwa Zainebiyoun Palestine militias: PFLP-GC Galilee Forces As-Sa'iqa Liwa al-Quds PLA
.... In Support of: Syrian Arab Republic Supported by Russia[2][3] Iran[4] Iraq[5]
Lebanon
Syrian Interim Government (2013-present)
Free Syrian Army
Syrian National Army
Ahrar al-Sharqiya
Jaysh al-Izza
National Front for Liberation
Supported by: Turkey United States Saudi Arabia (until 2018)
Syrian Islamic Front (2012-2015)
Ahrar al-Sham
Al-Tawhid Brigade
Jaysh al-Islam
Kurdish Islamic Front
Supported by: Qatar
Syrian Salvation Government (2017-present)
Tahrir al-Sham
Ansar al-Din Front
Ajnad al-Kavkaz
Supported by:
Qatar
Al-Qaeda
TIPS[6]
Hurras al-Din
Islamic State
Casualties and losses
1,139-1,250 fighters killed by March 2018[7] 1,736 fighters killed by March 2023 (per SOHR) [8]
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Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
Foreign intervention on behalf of Syrian Arab Republic
Russian involvement
2015 military intervention
Iranian intervention
2017 missile strike
Iran–Israel conflict
2012 Hezbollah involvement
Foreign intervention in behalf of Syrian rebels
Foreign rebel fighters
Turkish involvement
Turkey–Islamic State conflict
Tomb of Suleyman Shah relocation
Euphrates Shield
2017 airstrikes
Idlib Governorate operation
Afrin operation
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
Israel's role
U.S.-led intervention against ISIL
U.S.-led Intervention
Timeline
List of attacks
2014 rescue operation
May 2015 raid
2017 missile strikes
Qatari involvement
Jordanian intervention
Operation Martyr Muath
Lebanon's role
Saudi involvement
April 2018 missile strikes
Dutch involvement
German intervention
French intervention
Australian intervention
UK intervention
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Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Zabadani (2012)
al-Qusayr (2012)
Aleppo (2012-2016)
Aleppo (Oct-Dec 2015)
North Aleppo (2016)
January 2013 Rif Dimashq
al-Qusayr (2013)
May 2013 Rif Dimashq
First Qalamoun
Second Qalamoun
December 2014 Rif Dimashq
January 2015 Mazraat Amal
April 2015 Qalamoun
Third Qalamoun
Zabadani (2015)
Wadi Barada (2016–17)
Fourth Qalamoun
2nd Eastern Syria
3rd Northwestern Syria
Beit Jinn
3rd Syrian Desert
3rd Southern Damascus
1st As-Suwayda
3rd As-Suwayda
Idlib demilitarization
4th Northwestern Syria
5th Northwestern Syria
Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian Civil War has been substantial since the beginning of armed insurgency phase of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, and evolved into active support for Ba'athist government forces and troop deployment from 2012 onwards. By 2014, Hezbollah was deployed across Syria.[9] Hezbollah has also been very active in preventing Al-Nusra Front and Islamic State penetration into Lebanon, being one of the most active forces in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon.
In the past, Hezbollah has served a strategic arm of Iran in the region, playing a key role in the Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflicts. On a number of occasions, Hezbollah weapon convoys in Syria and Syrian-Lebanese border areas were attacked, presumably by the Israeli military. Hezbollah convoys and militant camps have also been attacked by various Syrian rebel factions.
Hezbollah's image in the Arab world - especially in Syria and Lebanon - has been greatly tarnished due to its sectarian activities throughout the course of the Syrian civil war.[10] Major religious leaders and activists, Sunni and Shia alike, have condemned Hezbollah, with many former supporters of Hezbollah becoming its fervent opponents for its stance in Syria. Shi'i cleric Subhi al-Tufayli, the group's founder and principal architect during 1980s, fiercely denounced Hezbollah for abandoning its founding principles and accused it of serving the hegemonic ambitions of Iran and Russia.[11][12][13]
^"المهندس يكشف دور ايران وحزب الله بدعم العراق ويتحدث عن القتال بسوريا". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
^"New Experience of Hezbollah with Russian Military". 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^Rosenfeld, Jesse (11 January 2016). "Russia is Arming Hezbollah, Say Two of the Group's Field Commanders". The Daily Beast.
^"Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran". Reuters. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^"Iraq admits Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian RG fight alongside Iraqi security forces - Iraqi News". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^"Syrian rebels pour men and missiles into frontlines". The Fiscal Times. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^"Estimate of Hezbollah's fatalities during the Syrian civil war". 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
^"Syrian Revolution 12 years on | Nearly 614,000 persons killed since the onset of the revolution in March 2011". SOHR. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
^"Hezbollah in Syria's war". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
^Porter, Lizzie (5 October 2020). "How the Arab world turned against Hezbollah". Prospect Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023.
^Mansour, David Clark, Renad, Michael (20 November 2014). "Rethinking Sadr: From Firebrand to Iraqi Statesman?". Carnegie Middle East Center. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^El-Bar, Karim (30 December 2016). "'They exploited sectarianism': Former Hezbollah leader Tufayli talks Iran, Syria". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
^McGregor, Andrew (14 June 2013). "Muslim Brother's Spiritual Leader Yusuf al Qaradawi condemns Hezbollah" (PDF). XI (12). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2023 – via The Jamestown Foundation. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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