AFP reported on Wednesday that the Lebanese Shi’ite terror militia Hezbollah has taken the lead in the fight against armed factions rebelling against the Assad regime in Syria, especially along the region bordering Israel. “Regime troops and their Hezbollah-led allies are advancing in the area linking Daraa, Quneitra and Damascus provinces,” a report by an opposition group said. “The operation launched by the Syrian army is being fought in cooperation with… Hezbollah and Iran,” a Syrian army officer added in a report by the Assad regime’s official television station. The reports track with recent statements by officials in neighboring Lebanon and the UN. Meanwhile, fighting in the area might have been delayed by the recent winter weather which has dumped several centimeters of snow on all sides of the borders running through Mount Hermon and the Golan Heights in recent days. Severe winter weather is expected to continue in northern Israel through the weekend. Read More
