Israel’s Kan News reported that the Syrian government, led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, is not ruling out potential military action against Hezbollah, as tensions escalate between the two sides despite a relative improvement in official relations between Damascus and Beirut.
The report cited a Syrian security source as saying that “the situation with Hezbollah remains open,” and that Damascus is working to prevent any attempt by the group to entrench itself inside Syrian territory.
According to the report, Syrian authorities are currently prioritizing the dismantling of infrastructure established by Hezbollah on the Syrian side of the border, while not ruling out the possibility of targeting its positions along the frontier, particularly in Lebanon’s Bekaa region.
The report also claimed, citing a source close to the Syrian government, that Hezbollah fighters entered the town of al-Qusayr in the Homs countryside two days before the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, confiscated large quantities of weapons, and transferred them into Lebanese territory.
It further stated that relations between al-Sharaa’s leadership and the Lebanese government have improved in recent weeks, however, this improvement does not extend to Hezbollah, which the Syrian government accuses of being involved in the recent launch of rockets toward the Mezzeh district in western Damascus.
The report added that Damascus attempted, through intermediaries, to recover missiles that Hezbollah had transferred to warehouses in the Bekaa region prior to Assad’s fall, but these efforts were unsuccessful. According to the Israeli account, this prompted the Syrian government to inform the U.S. administration and regional parties that it may be forced to resolve the matter on its own.
The report concluded by warning that this escalation could shift tensions from the level of political and security messaging to direct field confrontation along the Syrian-Lebanese border, potentially opening a new front in an already increasingly tense regional landscape.
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