Last week , Nasrallah gave an impassioned speech where he pledged `` Hezbollah and the Lebanese resistance will stand by the Palestinian peoples ' uprising , '' but he has thus far resisted Hamas ' call for it to open a northern front against Israel . '' Syria has provoked outrage in the Shia world , write Alex Vatanka and Alex Vatanka . Tehran is trying to build on the outrage , to gain influence by backing Hamas , they say . This follows Gaza 's backing of the al-Assad regime in Gaza , while Hamas backs rebels . Hamas needs to return to Tehran 's orbit in order to get military supplies , authors say .
Syria has provoked outrage in the Shia world , write Alex Vatanka and Alex Vatanka . Tehran is trying to build on the outrage , to gain influence by backing Hamas , they say . This follows Gaza 's backing of the al-Assad regime in Gaza , while Hamas backs rebels . Hamas needs to return to Tehran 's orbit in order to get military supplies , authors say .