'A regional power': How fighting Assad's war transformed Hezbolla
The group has gained extensive battlefield experience in Syria, and it claims it is prepared for another war with Israel if necessary
Members of the Hezbollah scout movement hold portraits of fighters killed while fighting in Syria at a religious event in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on 4 October 2017 (AFP)
Ali Harb-Monday 9 October 2017
It was formed as a resistance group against Israel, and operated on the country's southern borders. But after years of war in Syria, hardened by battle experience and holding new territory, Hezbollah in 2017 is a wholly different beast.
