11.12.2011                      15.Kislev. 5772

Analyse:

The unlikely victims of the Arab Spring?

Syria, Hezbollah and Iran all stand to lose from regional upheavals.

Last week saw Iran’s staunchest allies squirming on television. President Assad of Syria tried to enlist Barbara Walters while Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah briefly got out of his bunker to comfort his worried militants.
Though there is nothing to indicate that the move was a concerted one in view of the military alliance between the two, it does show that both men are acutely aware of the fact that the turmoil in Syria endangers them and also their patron, Iran, while Shia influence wanes in the Middle East….