Syria contributor: Phillip Smyth Phillip Smyth is a researcher at the University of Maryland. He focuses on Lebanon and Syria and specializes in Shia militias in Syria https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/phillip-smyth/rss en Does Hizbollah’s Partial Exit from Syria Mean Anything? Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Government & Pro-Government Forces Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Phillip Smyth https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/11/does-hizbollahs-partial-exit-from-syria-mean-anything https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/11/11/does-hizbollahs-partial-exit-from-syria-mean-anything Is Hizballah Executing Syrian Prisoners? Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Human Rights Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Phillip Smyth https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/16/is-hizballah-executing-syrian-prisoners https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/16/is-hizballah-executing-syrian-prisoners https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RWhLQ_o5s88Uploaded onto YouTube on October 8, 2013 was a 1 minute and 40 seconds long video claiming to show members of Lebanese Hizballah brutally executing, “wounded Syrians”.