Lebanon

The United States is expanding its support of Lebanese security forces, including the training of a new special operations group. [more]

STRATFOR sources indicate that the ousted leader of Hezbollah has recently acquired land in Lebanon with Syrian backing, and may be used as a proxy if Damascus needs to move against the militant group. (With STRATFOR map) [more]

While negotiating with the United States and Israel, Syria is careful to reassure its allies in Iran. [more]

New threads of information about Iran's proxy forces have recently come to light, and when the strands are tied together they make for a very interesting story. [more]

STRATFOR sources say Syria is preparing to exploit existing fissures within the militant group Hezbollah. [more]