By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The Daily Star, which is a Lebanese newspaper, reported yesterday that Hezbollah is scaling down their activity in Syria.
The source told the paper that Hezbollah would be involved in defensive activity only. That activity will begin after the battle of al Zabadani is completed.
Al Zabadani is situated about 30 miles from Damascus and it is the battle ground of the conflict between Hezbollah and anti Assad forces. A ceasefire was reached at the end of the day yesterday - but that will only hold for a few hours.
This move by Hezbollah into defensive mode coincides with increased Russian and Iranian boots on the ground in Syria. Hezbollah, it seems, is using the situation to regroup and recuperate. According to the announcement they will still help Assad, but from a different and more secure position.
Honestly, I can't really believe that Hezbollah is about to make such a dramatic shift in their activities and operations, so it is very important now to track not only what they do and how they behave, but what they say.
Another source, this one in a Kuwaiti newspaper named Al Rai, said that Hezbollah has been "dealing" with informants who have been reporting to Western nations. This scaling down of activity could be the Hezbollah way of removing themselves from the center of the conflict in order to flush out those informants.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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