Has Hezbollah Tipped The Balance Of Power In Syria`s Civil War?

Hezbollah Crosses Syrian Border With Bloody Assault On Assad's Enemies -- The Independent

Special report: Shia fighters coming to the regime's aid have tipped the balance of power. Loveday Morris meets beleaguered rebels taking sanctuary a few kilometres from the border

It is a fortnight since Amr Al Ali was smuggled unconscious over the border to Lebanon, with a graze to his lips from a ricocheting bullet and deep wounds in his legs and hands after an exploding rocket turned a breeze-block wall in front of him into concrete shrapnel.

Yet the Free Syrian Army fighter says his enemy was not President Bashar al-Assad's soldiers, but militants from the armed wing of the Shia movement Hezbollah, a long-standing ally of Iran and the Syrian regime.

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Update #1: Lebanon's Hezbollah drawn into Syria conflict -- BBC
Update #2: Hezbollah increasingly involved in Syrian fighting, British daily reports -- NOW Lebanon

My Comment: More evidence of how Syria`s civil war is now involving it`s neighbors. This development also tells me that Syria is not capable of taking back territory from the rebels .... they are now dependent on outside help to move forward.

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