Hezbollah training thousands in Bekaa Valley to turn tide in Syrian war

Syrian rebels have asserted that the Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah was organizing another major military expedition in Syria, The World Tribune paper said on Saturday. The Free Syrian Army said Hezbollah was training thousands of fighters to quell the two-year revolt against the regime of President Bashar Assad. FSA said Hezbollah intends to deploy another 5,000 troops to the central Syrian city of Homs in March 2013. "They are preparing to send between 4,000-5,000 fighters to Syria via Homs over the next few days," FSA said. In a statement on March 5, FSA reported Hezbollah training of new forces for the Syrian campaign. The statement said Hezbollah training was taking place in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley near Mashghara.