Next Israel-Hezbollah confrontation could be in Syria
While the cease-fire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan seems to be holding for now in southern Syria, it might not last for long given the Israeli-Iranian rivalry in the region.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/ISRAEL-ARTILLERY Israeli soldiers are silhouetted as they search for remains of rockets fired from Lebanon on Sunday, near the northern city of Nahariya December 21, 2015. Israel's military said it fired artillery rounds into southern Lebanon on Sunday in response to rockets fired earlier across the border that struck inside Israel. Three rockets fired from Lebanon had struck northern Israel, causing no damage or injuries, hours after a militant leader in the Lebanese group Hezbollah was reported killed in an air strike in](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/07/RTX1ZKSY.jpg/RTX1ZKSY.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=dpxFvmor)
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