Hezbollah is sending two thousand fighters to Syria

The city is located The short one Southwest city hummusIt is 15 kilometers from the Lebanese border and connects the capital Damascus On the Syrian coast in Tartus and Latakia, across the Orontes basin.

In 2013, he intervened Hezbollah In the battles between Syrian army The armed factions supported the army and won a victory that led to the defeat of the armed factions.

After Hezbollah took control of the city, it turned it into a military base, displaced most of its residents and prevented them from returning.

The city is of great importance to Hezbollah, as it is the main center for collecting missiles and marches coming from Iran There are also factories of rocket-launching platforms, which have been subjected to heavy bombardment by Israeli aircraft from time to time.