Hezbollah reported Sunday two fatalities from its ranks in an airstrike on the Lebanon-Syria border attributed to Israel. Shortly before, sources in Damascus attributed to Israel another attack in the Homs region near the border between Syria and its neighbor, where the heart of the Shiite terrorist organization is located.
Since the outbreak of the war, Hezbollah's activity in the territory under the control of Bashar al-Assad's regime has repeatedly been exposed, but Iranian elements and pro-Iranian militias loyal to the "Axis of Resistance" also operate in the area and enjoy the support of the Tehran regime.
Hassan Nasrallah's organization did not link in its official statements between the deaths of its two operatives and the attack in the area straddling the Syria-Lebanon border. However, the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights, a London-based opposition war monitor, linked all the details that were published. A photo documenting a truck engulfed in flames after the airstrike attributed to Israel was circulated on social media.
Hezbollah operatives are scattered along the southern border of Lebanon as well as in areas bordering Syria. They reside in villages near the border fence and operate when necessary. The presence of Hezbollah in the Al-Biqa'a district in Lebanon, which borders Syria, may provide convenient access to the neighboring country for activities such as arms smuggling and training.
Numerous pro-Iranian militias operate in Syrian territory, some of which have been involved in attacks on U.S. military bases in recent months. According to recent reports on Sky News in Arabic, Hezbollah uses its operations in Syria through military units of the local army and relies on civilian houses in the Sayyidah Zaynab area to establish temporary headquarters that vary from time to time.
According to data from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Israel has carried out 16 attacks in Syria since the beginning of the year, with 10 being aerial and six ground-based. These attacks reportedly damaged or destroyed 34 targets, including key weapon depots and ammunition caches.
Additionally, the opposition watchdog reported that since the beginning of 2024, 35 operatives from various organizations have been killed in Syrian territory: eight of them affiliated with Hezbollah, seven Iranians linked to the Revolutionary Guards and the rest associated with pro-Iranian militias.
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