BEIRUT – Hezbollah’s bigger role in Lebanon’s new unity government points to a growing appetite to shape state affairs and builds on unprecedented military clout the group is wielding after helping turn the tide in Syria’s war.
Reuters: Building on Syria war gains, Hezbollah scores political win
A United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicle patrolling in the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh on the border with Israel is parked next to a poster showing Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah on Dec. 9, 2018.
