When Syria Goes, What Happens to Hezbollah?
JERUSALEM—Hezbollah’s only hope for securing long-term influence in Lebanon lies in the bunkers of Syria’s rapidly unraveling military. That’s what Daniel Nisman wrote in an opinion piece Wednesday, published in the Times of Israel. “Furthermore, Syria has always played an influential role in Lebanese politics, and Nasrallah can only imagine how his political landscape would shift with an unsympathetic Sunni-dominated regime in Assad’s stead.”
If this truly is Hezbollah’s only hope, it seems that hope is waning fast. The deadly blasts throughout Syria’s urban jungles are shaking the confidence of Syria’s long-standing regime, forcing it to draw up last resort contingency plans.
While the horrors of war relentlessly continue and Assad’s regime becomes more desperate and atrocious, international support for the Syrian regime has completely evaporated, except from its most staunch supporters—Russia, China and, of course, the Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon.
As bad as it looks for Assad, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared staunch support for his administration all the way to the end. “On July 18,” Nisman wrote, “while the rest of the Middle East was savoring its first taste of the demise of the Assad regime, the head of Hezbollah reiterated his organization’s unwavering support for the embattled dictator, and his readiness to plunge the whole of Lebanon into conflict in order to survive.”
During an address before thousands of Shiite supporters in south Beirut, Nasrallah said, “Our missiles are Syrian.” His speech’s timing made it all the more symbolic: It came on the anniversary of the Second Lebanon War with Israel six years ago. Syria supported Hezbollah when it was still in the cradle. And Nasrallah vows to return the favor, even as the Assad regime crumbles.
And if that happens, Hezbollah, and perhaps the entire Shiite population of Lebanon, is likely to take a major hit. “Hezbollah’s vast arsenal is already in the crosshairs of an increasingly emboldened Sunni opposition,” Nisman wrote, referring to a growing anti-Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, especially within the past year.
In another piece, also in the Times of Israel, published Thursday, Mitch Ginsburg spelled out a probable scenario for a post-Alawite-led Syria. He predicted it would lead to a rise in power for the Sunni Muslims in Lebanon and that it could push the country toward another civil war.
These are all fascinating events to watch—particularly in light of some comments my father made on April 25, on the Key of David program. He said: “Syria… [is] at this time … closely allied with Iran, but they’re about to have a break with Iran and it’s going to have some domino effects on other nations ….”
Referring to a prophecy in Psalm 83, he then said, “Gebal, or modern-day Lebanon … is today a home of the Iranian terrorists … but that’s about to change …. We’re talking about dramatic changes here.” Later on in the same program he said Lebanon’s alliance with Iran is “about to be broken.”
So God tells us that Lebanon will eventually be joining that Arab camp that opposes Iran. That’s not what we see on the map today, but it is coming! This same prophecy, as we have told you repeatedly, also tells us that Syria, too, will eventually be in the camp that opposes Iran.
The ties that bind Lebanon and Syria with Iran are splitting as the Middle East turmoil continues to churn. Lebanon will eventually break from Iran’s hold. Then it will probably join with Syria and Gaza together—all under the leadership of Germany! Watch for it—and when it happens, remember where you heard it first.
For much more on these earthshaking alliance shifts, read “A Mysterious Prophecy.”
