Hezbollah firmly denies reports alleging involvement in Syria events
3 Min Read
Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office urged media outlets to refrain from falling for disinformation campaigns that serve questionable foreign agendas.
-
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows members of the Syrian security forces entering the western city of Baniyas in Syria's coastal Tartous province to reinforce government troops in clashes with militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, on March 7, 2025 (Photo by SANA / AFP)
Hezbollah firmly denied on Saturday media reports alleging its involvement in the ongoing events in Syria, as a war monitor said more than 500 people from the country's minority Alawite community have been killed in recent days.
In a statement, Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office urged media outlets to refrain from falling for disinformation campaigns that serve questionable foreign agendas.
“Some parties are keen to drag Hezbollah’s name into the events taking place in Syria and accuse it of being a party to the conflict,” the statement said.
“Hezbollah clearly and categorically denies these baseless allegations,” it stressed.
The Lebanese Resistance group further called on media outlets to uphold accuracy in their reporting and to avoid being drawn into politically motivated disinformation campaigns that serve foreign interests.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Saturday reported that 532 Alawite civilians "were killed in the coastal regions of Syria and the Latakia mountains by security forces and allied groups."
The Alawites are a religious minority to which the toppled president Bashar al-Assad belongs.
The Britain-based Observatory said they were killed in "executions" carried out by security personnel or pro-government fighters" and accompanied by "looting of homes and properties".
The civilian deaths brought the overall toll since Thursday to 745, after clashes killed 93 members of the new government's security forces and 120 militants reportedly affiliated with the former regime, according to the Observatory's figures.
The Islamist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the offensive that toppled al-Assad in December, has vowed to protect Syria's religious and ethnic minorities.
The Observatory, which relies on a network of sources in Syria, has reported multiple massacres in recent days, with women and children among the killed.
"The vast majority of the victims were summarily executed by elements affiliated to the ministry of defence and the interior," the monitor pointed out on Friday.
Syria's Defense Ministry spokesman Hassan Abdul Ghani mentioned the security forces had "reimposed control" over areas that had seen attacks by militants affiliated with the former regime.
"It is strictly forbidden to approach any home or attack anyone inside their homes," he said in a video posted by the official SANA news agency.
A Defence Ministry source also told SANA that troops had blocked roads leading to the coast to prevent "violations", without specifying who was committing them.
Latakia province security director Mustafa Kneifati also said, "We will not allow for sedition or the targeting of any component of the Syrian people."
"We will not tolerate any acts of revenge under any circumstances," he told SANA.
Read more: Iraq warns of violence in Syria, calls for protection of civilians
