A Syrian war monitor group claims Thursday that Hezbollah units deployed in Syria are pulling back dozens of kilometers from the Israeli border in response to a request from Russia, but that Iran was refusing to do the same with its forces in the area.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, citing what it described as “reliable sources,” says that Lebanese terror group Hezbollah and its allied gunmen have begun withdrawing to positions that are 40 kilometers (25 miles) away for the border with Israel, and a similar distance from the Jordanian-Syrian border.
Russia, Iran, and its proxy Hezbollah, have been providing military assistance to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad as it battles against rebel groups in a civil war which has entered its eighth year.
Israel has repeatedly said it wants Iran and militias it is backing to withdraw from the border area, and recent media reports have claimed that Jerusalem reached an agreement on the matter with Moscow.
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