Hundreds of Iran-backed Iraqi fighters crossed into Syria on Monday to help the government fight rebels who seized Aleppo last week, but Lebanon's Hezbollah has no plans for now to join them, according to sources.

While hundreds of members of Iran-backed militias are backing Assad’s forces, the Lebanese terror group is still licking its wounds after round of fighting with Israel

The loss of Aleppo to Islamist rebels represents a stunning defeat for the Syrian regime, highlighting its dependence on enfeebled allies.

Lebanese armed group Hezbollah does not currently intend to send fighters to northern Syria to support the Syrian army there, three sources familiar with the Iran-backed group's thinking told Reuters on Monday.

"The Syrian Army does not need fighters," a Hezbollah spokesperson told Newsweek on Monday. "It can defend its land." The remarks came as the Syrian military attempted to organize

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad vowed to crush a rebel uprising that swept the north east of his country and took control of the second city of Aleppo. Assad, who faces a renewed threat to his regime after years of frozen conflict,