Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Syrian Hezbollah

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎. If editors want to still pursue a possible Redirect of this article, you can start a discussion on the article talk page. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 04:25, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Syrian Hezbollah

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Factually inaccurate article. Cited sources have no information besides including the word Syrian Hezbollah inside them. There is no group called Syrian Hezbollah. Ecrusized (talk) 21:25, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note It also appears that the article was created by a now blocked editor. Ecrusized (talk) 21:27, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2023 December 13. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 21:42, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Military and Syria. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 22:00, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and redirect to Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war, which is the proper article for this topic. There is no distinct Hezbollah organization operating in Syria as is the case for the Kurdish Hezbollah in Turkey, for instance. yaguzi (talk) 01:06, 14 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There is, in fact, a "Syrian Hezbollah" that is not the same as the Lebanese Hezbollah; however, it is a network of militias, not a single group. For anyone interested in the topic, I suggest read the work of Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi who has researched many militias which operate as part of the "Syrian Hezbollah" network. Applodion (talk) 21:38, 16 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It belongs to Hezbollah, just as their militants in Lebanon, see ISW entry [1] and the linked book, as well as our page Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war. Yes, it includes a number of different groups, but they operate under the same general command and umbrella. However, nothing prevents us from creating a separate page about Hezbollah in Syria. If so, it should be significantly expanded. My very best wishes (talk) 19:30, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that the "Hezbollah involvement in the Syrian civil war" article is focused on the activity of Lebanese Hezbollah in Syria, not the operations of the Syrian associates / puppets of Hezbollah. Thus, "Syrian Hezbollah" should focus purely on the Syrian associates, allowing for two distinct articles. Applodion (talk) 00:18, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Per Applodion Durranistan (talk) 13:13, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep for same reasons AHI-3000 (talk) 02:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:30, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 03:44, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.