Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon's Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/03/world/iraqi-fighters-syria-lebanon-hezbollah/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iraq #syria #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #iran #lebanon #hezbollah
Iraqi fighters head to Syria to battle rebels but Lebanon's Hezbollah stays out, sources say
Syria's civil war had been frozen since 2020, with Assad in control of most territory and all major cities.Maya Gebeily (The Japan Times)
