Hezbollah making gains against anti-Assad Islamists in south Syria, Nasrallah deputy says
At the behest of Tehran, the Iranian-backed guerilla force is fighting in Syria to assist the regime of President Bashar Assad, who is fighting to remain in power after three years of civil war.
A fighter loyal to Syria's president Bashar Assad holds his picture as fellow fighters rest by a Syrian national flag after gaining control of the area in Deir al-Adas, a town south of Damascus(photo credit: REUTERS)ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
