Syria’s Al-Sharaa dismisses Trump’s proposal for military intervention in Lebanon  

US President Donald Trump announced mid-June that he discussed with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa the possibility of Syria’s military intervention in Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah.

Trump claimed that by tasking Syria with this mission, he aims to stop the mass killing committed by Israel during its attempts to dismantle the Lebanese resistance movement.

“I’ll tell you what, Israel is fighting Hezbollah too long and too many people are being killed, and you don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you are looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses and they are not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you. And I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, cuz to be honest with you, I think they’d do a better job of doing it.” The US President said on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.

The proposal of the US President was, however, interpreted as another attempt by the US to ignite division and sectarian strife in the West Asia region, and to restore the balance of power that shifted during the recent regional war.

Syria’s new rulers have for long adopted a hostile position towards Hezbollah and Iran, due to their support for Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad. The transitional leadership in Syria, which is known for its extremist background, has also promoted anti-Shia rhetoric since it took over Syria in December 2024. Shia Islam is the religious doctrine followed by the Iranian leadership, Hezbollah, and other actors within the Axis of Resistance.