I'm John Batchel with my colleague, Johnson Shanzer, Executive Director of Foundation for the

Defense of Democracies.

Quickly, Beirut, Hezbollah, acknowledging that the resupply route from Tehran for its arsenal

and its support looks to be cut, although I believe there is the

possibility of making an arrangement with Damascus under the hands of Al-Zalani.

Or are they dreaming, Jonathan? Are they really cut off now?

Right now they're cut off. And I think this is a direct result of the Assad regime's collapse.

Naim Kossum, the new head of Hisbalah, has said as much in his recent national address.

He believes that it's possible to renegotiate. And it is possible because, of course, Iran and

Al-Qaeda have collaborated in the past.

They've done so on 9-11.

They did so in Iraq.

They did so in Afghanistan.

It's possible to see them collaborate here joining forces against their common enemy in Israel.

That is possible.

But I would say that at least for now, Hisbalah does appear to be cut off. They were weakened

significantly in their battles with Israel since September. Israel has really delivered some

significant blows to Hisbalah. This latest one is a crippling one in my view, because in their

weakened state, they are currently unable to bring in weapons to replenish and restock

in preparation for another battle with Israel.

This is good news for Israel, even with the concerns that I am voicing as it relates to Syria.

He spoke with a combat commander from the Northern Front last week in the United States for the moment.

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