The new Syrian state continues to intensify efforts to cut all arms supply lines from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to shut them down completely, given their impact on the country’s stability.

Lebanon is working to reshape its relationship with Iran on a state-to-state basis, distancing it from the influence of Hezbollah, the Tehran-backed group that Beirut has set a plan to disarm, ending the era of unchecked weapons in the country.

After Hezbollah rejected Lebanon’s new agreement with the United States to disarm the group, calling it “as if it never existed,” fears are growing that the move could spark an internal clash between the army and Hezbollah.

The Syrian coast, still a stronghold of officers and remnants of the former Assad regime, remains a breeding ground for organized networks working to undermine the new Syrian state’s efforts to restore stability.

Hezbollah has reset the debate over handing over its weapons to the Lebanese state, declaring it will keep its arms until the Israeli Occupation withdraws from all occupied Lebanese territories, despite having recently shown some flexibility on the issue.