Hezbollah–Syria clashes (2024–present)

Hezbollah–Syria clashes
	Part of the spillover of the Syrian conflict after the civil war, the aftermath of the fall of the Assad regime
	; Map of Lebanon with Syria bordering to the east
Date	8 December 2024 – present ; (Hezbollah–Syria); (1 year, 3 months and 6 days); 15 March 2025 – 17 March 2025 (Lebanon–Syria) (2 days)
Location	Lebanon–Syria border
Status	Ongoing Syrian security forces crack down on Hezbollah-linked smuggling networks along the Western Syrian border regions; Lebanese army launches raids against Hezbollah holdouts in the northern Lebanon border regions; Syrian forces capture the Lebanese villages of Hawch Beit Ismail and Qasr prompting a military response from the Lebanese army and eventual ceasefire.;
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Since the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December 2024 following a HTS-led Syrian opposition offensive, several clashes have occurred between the newly formed Syrian transitional government and Hezbollah, which had previously backed the Assad regime throughout the Syrian civil war, primarily along the Lebanon–Syria border. The clashes primarily revolve around geopolitical animosities and Captagon smuggling issues, as the new Syrian government seeks to prevent Iranian weapon transfers to Hezbollah.

The confrontations escalated on 16 March 2025, when Hezbollah-affiliated militants kidnapped and murdered three Syrian soldiers near Zeita Dam in the west of Homs. The conflict led to the involvement of the Lebanese Armed Forces, creating a destabilized security situation characterized by cross-border artillery exchanges, military buildups along the border, and increasing humanitarian concerns for civilian safety. The instability represented one of the most serious cross-border incidents between the two nations since border clashes from 2012 to 2017.