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Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on August 4 that he had no objection to meeting with the leadership of Syria.
“There is no impediment to a public meeting between Hezbollah and the Syrian leadership at a time considered appropriate by both sides,” Qassem said in a televised address, emphasizing “the importance and necessity of positive, fraternal, cooperative relations”.
Hezbollah fought in support of Syria’s former president Bashar al-Assad for years to maintain its main supply routes, which put the group at odds with the Islamist rebels who eventually took over the country.
Recently, United States President Donald Trump has been suggesting that Syria should take on Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying President Ahmed al-Sharaa “would be more precise than Israel” in confronting the group and would do so without “knocking down buildings”.
Sharaa, from his side, repeatedly said he has no interest in a military intervention in Lebanon and has signaled his own willingness to talk with Hezbollah.
Nevertheless, despite the official denial, Kan News reported last month that Sharaa has proposed military plans against Hezbollah that can be activated by Trump if needed. A Syrian security source even told the Israeli state broadcaster that “there’s a gap between what’s said publicly and what’s discussed behind closed doors.”
In addition, there have been credible reports of a Syrian military buildup along the border with Lebanon, mainly near Hezbollah’s strongholds in Baalbek-Hermel and the Beqaa Valley.
Syrian security forces have also been cracking down on attempts to smuggle weapons into Lebanon, and have accused Hezbollah more than once over the past year of plotting attacks on Syrian territory, including one allegedly targeting a Jewish rabbi in Damascus.
While both Syria and Hezbollah have voiced their openness to hold talks, a meeting remains highly unlikely, as Sharaa will not likely approve any step that could trigger the U.S. or Israel.
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Sharaa made it clear that his priority is working toward a security agreement with Israel, which he said could eventually pave the way for comprehensive peace without Syria relinquishing its claim to the Golan Heights — captured by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War and later annexed.
Ultimately, if Trump asks Sharaa to move against Hezbollah, the Syrian president will not likely be able to reject the request, as he has relied largely on the U.S. to legitimize his rule. Still, any escalation by Israel against Syria could push Damascus to reconsider its hostile stance against Hezbollah.
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jewlani is just the latest of chumpo’s great hopes of more expendable cannon fodder to do his dirty work. the turds in iraq were supposed to fill that role, but they have been hammered by iran and erdogan. sorry, chumpo, you’ll just have to welcome back the body bags of amerikunt goys in your “little excursion” into iran for the jooz! heheheh
hezbollah knows that very well, to well to trust that al joolani shit.
its time jewlani becomes a lampshade
if the hts terrorist sharaa and his gang were to decide to start a war of any kind, his regime would quickly collapse, as it enjoys virtually no support among the population, which could very quickly lead to unrest.
hezbollah won’t exist for much longer…heheheh
the dance of the puppets. so syria is going to attack the lebanese people while it attacks the iraqi people ? are we just being made informed the current israeli genocide list to be added to the palestinian genocide. plans of future false flag operations is released.
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jolani is terrified and should be. hezbullah would erase him and his headchoppers. as i’ve always said, he is a dead man walking. soon he won’t even be walking if he attempts to obey trump. personally, i hope he does. it will be the end of the headchopper state and him. a legitimate gov can come to syria. one that isn’t a terrorist group for the west and one less israeli outpost, which it’s become. erdo is another snake to be wary of.
the quisling regime of jewlani was imposed on syria by the cia/ mossad/ mi6 after 14 years of the most vicious, barbaric terrorism in history, which inflicted untold misery on the syrian people to serve joo interests.