Hezbollah’s Winter

Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah, while championing Arab protestors in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Tunisia, is coming out in support of the embattled Assad. In a speech on December 11, Nasrallah pledged “to stand by the (Assad) regime, a regime of resistance,” even as the Assad government's crackdown on dissent has led to more than 5000 civilian deaths since the beginning of the uprising in mid March, according to the UN. Hezbollah’s support for the Syrian regime is prompting accusati...

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