A video circulated on social media showed a Hezbollah delegation riding in a "minivan" that gathered military and political leaders from Hezbollah as it headed to the Russian Foreign Ministry building for meetings that observers described as feeling the pulse of Hezbollah for its fate in Syria, after Russia's recent moves. for a political solution in Syria.
The video showed the head of the Hezbollah delegation, Muhammad Raad, getting out of the car in rainy weather and heading to the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters without being received by anyone from the Foreign Ministry during his entry to the Foreign Ministry headquarters, in a scene that suggests and in contrast to the Russian disregard for this delegation, while observers and activists considered that the level of The Russian reception of the Hezbollah delegation carried a lot of insults, especially since the cars that transported the Hezbollah delegation were not diplomatic cars, which reflects the level of dealing, at a time when the United States of America said that Hezbollah is on the list of terrorism according to American laws.
On the other hand, observers believe that Hezbollah's visit to the Russian capital, Moscow, did not come in the Lebanese context, but rather in light of the recent Russian move to push for a political solution to the Syrian crisis, which prompted Hezbollah to move towards Moscow to find out the details of the Russian move and feel Moscow's pulse. Regarding the future and fate of Hezbollah militias in Syria after ten years of war.
In a Russian message that carried a direct and strong message to Hezbollah, the Russian Foreign Ministry received the next day, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, who held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, so that Russia assured Hezbollah that the level of relations with Tel Aviv exceeds all Iranian and Hezbollah speculation.
All the data confirms that the presence of Hezbollah militias in Syria has become a burden on the party, and therefore the visit comes in order to know the Russian orientations towards Syria, in order to get out quickly in light of the increasing economic and political pressures on the Syrian regime and Hezbollah, in addition to the deterioration of Hezbollah's situation. politics in Lebanon.
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