Hezbollah may fight Israel to relieve Syria

23.06.2011                      21.Siwan, 5771

Analyse:

Hezbollah may fight Israel to relieve Syria

Arab official says, "None of Syria's allies would accept the fall of Syria …war [with Israel] could be one of the options."

Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group is preparing for a possible war with Israel to relieve perceived Western pressure to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its guardian ally, sources close to the movement say.
The radical Shi'ite group, which has a powerful militia armed by Damascus and Iran, is watching the unrest in neighboring Syria with alarm and is determined to prevent the West from exploiting popular protests to bring down Assad….