Hezbollah is part of Syria.
Hezbollah ( pronounced [ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː ] حزب الله , literally `` Party of Allah '' or `` Party of God '' ) -- also transliterated Hizbullah , Hizballah , etc. -- is a Shi'a Islamist militant group and political party based in Lebanon . Hezbollah receives military training , weapons , and financial support from Iran , and political support from Syria . It has deployed its militia in both Syria and Iraq to fight or train local forces to fight against ISIS . Syria ( [ ˈsɪ.riə ] سوريا ) , officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia , bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west , Turkey to the north , Iraq to the east , Jordan to the south , and Israel to the southwest .