The sources told Reuters that Hezbollah had not yet been asked to intervene, adding that the group was not ready to send forces to Syria at this stage following more than a year of hostilities against the Israeli military, including two months of heavy ground fighting in southern Lebanon.

The survival of the Assad regime now depends on coordination and mutual understanding between Iran, Russia, and Turkey.

While hundreds of members of Iran-backed militias are backing Assad’s forces, the Lebanese terror group is still licking its wounds after round of fighting with Israel

Time and time again the Assad dynasty has survived internal and external challenges and lived to fight another day. But nothing lasts forever.

In just a few days, a patchwork of rebel forces has seized control of a broad stretch of land in the west and northwest of Syria. But it’s unclear just how much support Syria’s weakened allies can provide.

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon's Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them,