Syrian NDF (National Defense Forces) paramilitary training east of the Syrian capital of Damascus. (February 22, 2016). Via France24
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In 2013 the Lebanese Shia militant group, Hezbollah, became entrenched in the Syrian Civil War and was vital in securing Bashar Al-Assad’s regime, which was on the verge of collapse as Sunni rebels approached the center of Syrian government in Damascus. Since 2001, Israel has also increasingly operated in Syria. Israel sees Syria as another front to Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” with Hezbollah, Hezbollah’s international affiliates, Iraqi Shia militias, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) all opposing Israel from Syria. Furthermore, Israel has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights and Lebanese Shebaa Farms since the 1967 war, leading to consistent tensions between Syria and Israel. Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israel has increased strikes on Syrian and Hezbollah positions, but have also carried out ground operations in the occupied Golan Heights and in sovereign Syrian territory itself.
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