Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech May 9 that Syria would supply Hezbollah with more advanced weapons in response to Israel's recent airstrikes near Damascus, The Daily Star reported. Nasrallah said the weapons are more sophisticated than any Hezbollah has ever obtained, and that Hezbollah was prepared to use the weapons against Israel. He also said Hezbollah was prepared to help any armed group seeking to take over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel reportedly launched its earlier airstrikes in Syria after discovering that a shipment of Iranian-made Fateh-110 short-range tactical ballistic missiles was being delivered to Hezbollah.

Syrian regime forces have taken control of the village of Shumariyeh, near the town of Al-Qusayr, an army officer said May 9, AFP reported.

According to Lebanon's Hezbollah-affiliated Almayadeen television channel, senior Syrian officials have said the Syrian military has deployed missile batteries aimed at Israel, Israel News reported May 5.

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah denied reports that it sent an unmanned aerial vehicle into Israeli airspace April 25, Al Arabiya reported.

The Israeli air force has downed an unmanned aerial vehicle that allegedly was flown into Israeli airspace by Hezbollah in Lebanon, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said April 25, Al Arabiya reported.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, a Lebanese Salafist cleric, is urging his followers to join Syrian rebels in their fight against troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Al Arabiya reported April 23.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman asked former Minister of Culture Tamam Salam to be the new prime minister and form a new Cabinet, AP reported April 6.