Two fighters from the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah were reportedly killed Monday in Syria near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Meanwhile, battles have been raging around the Syrian city of Homs for several days, and rebel forces claim that Hezbollah fighters have also been killed there.

The news underscores the degree to which the Iran-backed terror organization has gone all-in on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime, which has been battling opposition forces seeking its overthrow for more than two years. The dynamic – which has Hezbollah fighting in Syria on behalf of a regime that periodically bombs Lebanese territory – threatens to erode Hezbollah’s ‘branding’ as a Lebanese organization working to defend Lebanese sovereignty.

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