Strategic Assessment

The article analyzes Hizbollah’s growing involvement in the Syrian conflict and explores both the organization’s current strategy as well as its organizational interests in supporting the Assad regime. In addition, the research focuses on assessing the potential organizational, domestic, and regional impact of Hizbollah’s role in Syria, looking at how recent organizational choices may backfire in the short and medium terms. Overall, the challenge posed to Hizbollah by the Syrian civil war represents one of the most significant ideological, political, and military threats faced by the organization since its creation in the early 1980s.