In a rare interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Russian TV, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah offered that the group act as a mediator in the Syrian conflict. He confirmed that Hezbollah had contacted the Syrian opposition, offering them a channel of dialogue with the Syrian regime, but the opposition members rejected it.
The Wikileaks debacle is still unraveling in Lebanon, exposing a level of hypocrisy among many Lebanese politicians and forcing many to do damage control with their own political allies. The latest cables revealed Speaker of the House Nabih Berri's considerable animosity towards Hezbollah.
