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[[File:Hezbollah-Patrol-in-Syria.jpg|thumb|400px|Hezbollah Patrol in Syria]] | [[File:Hezbollah-Patrol-in-Syria.jpg|thumb|400px|Hezbollah Patrol in Syria]] | ||
Hezbollah collaborated with the Syrian government in its efforts to combat the terrorist group [[ISIS]]. Following the outbreak of unrest in Syria, Hezbollah actively engaged in fighting alongside the Syrian army against the [[Takfir|Takfiri]] (excommunicationist) ISIS militants.<ref>[https://www.jahannews.com/phototitr/330805/۹۰-شهید-حزب-الله-لبنان-سوریه-عکس 90 martyrs of Lebanon's Hezbollah in Syria]</ref> One significant achievement for Hezbollah in Syria was its liberation of al-Qusayr.<ref>[https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/225237/مختصات-راهبردی-اولین-تجربه-عملیات-برون-مرزی-حزب-الله Strategic coordinates of Hezbollah's first overseas operation experience.]</ref> | |||
Hezbollah first supported the Syrian government politically and then launched a military intervention in Syria in late 2011 alongside Syrian troops and loyalist militias. The decision to intervene directly on the ground proved the new strategic relationship between the two actors. Hezbollah was a prominent foreign actor, helping the Assad government alongside the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia. Hezbollah supported Damascus militarily, technically, and logistically against different Syrian armed opposition groups. Hezbollah combatants in Syria were estimated at between 7,000 and 9,000, including elite troops, experts and reservists. Hezbollah has also opened training camps near the city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian border, to train the youth of various religious communities.<ref>[https://www.frstrategie.org/en/programs/observatoire-du-monde-arabo-musulman-et-du-sahel/consequences-hezbollahs-military-intervention-syria-lebanese-shia-population-and-relations-israel-2017 The Consequences of Hezbollah’s military intervention in Syria on the Lebanese Shia population and Relations with Israel]</ref> | Hezbollah first supported the Syrian government politically and then launched a military intervention in Syria in late 2011 alongside Syrian troops and loyalist militias. The decision to intervene directly on the ground proved the new strategic relationship between the two actors. Hezbollah was a prominent foreign actor, helping the Assad government alongside the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia. Hezbollah supported Damascus militarily, technically, and logistically against different Syrian armed opposition groups. Hezbollah combatants in Syria were estimated at between 7,000 and 9,000, including elite troops, experts and reservists. Hezbollah has also opened training camps near the city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian border, to train the youth of various religious communities.<ref>[https://www.frstrategie.org/en/programs/observatoire-du-monde-arabo-musulman-et-du-sahel/consequences-hezbollahs-military-intervention-syria-lebanese-shia-population-and-relations-israel-2017 The Consequences of Hezbollah’s military intervention in Syria on the Lebanese Shia population and Relations with Israel]</ref> | ||