Friday, June 14, 2013

Hezbollah Fighting in Homs


Fascinating video shows Hezbollah fighting in Homs. At first I thought it was Al Qusayr, but I think it is Homs instead. The video was all in Arabic, so it was hard to figure out what they were talking about. Here you see the high spirits of the Hezbollah fighters as they move into the bombed out, ruined city. Take note of the horrific footage where the fighters find a room full of men, bound and executed. Who executed them? Who knows? My guess would be rebels, but it's hard to say for sure. At one point, they meet a Christian, still living in the ruins of his home, who complains that the rebels were vicious to the Christians. Towards the end of the video, Hezbollah takes a couple of prisoners and seems to treat them fairly. Hezbollah has pumped a large force into Syria, and I think that was the right thing to do. Hezbollah's army is so good that they are quickly turning the tide in favor of the Syrian regime. Their victory at Al Qusayr was a huge defeat for the rebels. Now Hezbollah will move onto Homs and then onto Aleppo and Irbil Province. If the rebels are defeated in the north, the war will for all intents and purposes be over. The Arab Sunni world is outraged that Hezbollah has gotten involved in the Syrian Civil War. Some Gulf countries have recently started throwing out Lebanese Shia who are residing there in revenge for Hezbollah's role in Syria. This war is increasingly turning into a Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict.

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