Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present)

Hezbollah–Syria clashes
Part of the spillover of the Syrian civil war

Map of Lebanon with Syria bordering to the east
Date8 December 2024 – present
(Hezbollah–Syria)
15 March 2025 – 17 March 2025 (Lebanon–Syria)
Location
Lebanon–Syria border
Status

Ongoing

  • Syrian security forces crack down on Hezbollah-linked smuggling networks along the Western Syrian border regions
  • Lebanese army launches raids against Hezbollah holdouts in the northern Lebanon border regions
  • Syrian forces capture the Lebanese village of Hawch Beit Ismail prompting a military response from the Lebanese army and eventual ceasefire.
Belligerents
Syria
Lebanon
Commanders and leaders
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Murhaf Abu Qasra
Ali Noureddine al-Naasan		 Naim Qassem Joseph Aoun
Units involved
 Hezbollah Military Lebanese Armed Forces
Casualties and losses
5–40 soldiers and militiamen killed
2 soldiers captured
2 Shaheen drones shot down		 7 fighters injured
18 smugglers arrested		 1 soldier injured
8 Lebanese civilians injured
16 Lebanese civilians arrested

Since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024 following a HTS-led Syrian opposition offensive, several clashes have occurred between the newly formed Syrian transitional government and Hezbollah, which had previously backed the Assad regime throughout the Syrian civil war, primarily along the Lebanon–Syria border. The clashes primarily revolve around geopolitical animosities and Captagon smuggling issues, as the new Syrian government seeks to prevent Iranian weapon transfers to Hezbollah.

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