SPECIAL -- Hezbollah's Syrian insurgent campaign in Syria

Exclusive details on a year-long campaign of plots -- and Syrian government interceptions.

Syria’s Interior Ministry announced earlier today (May 5) that in coordination with the General Intelligence Directorate, an expansive plot to assassinate senior government officials had been foiled. A total of 11 suspects — comprising five 2-man assassin teams and 1 overall commander - had been captured in near-simultaneous raids in the governorates of Rif Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Tartus and Latakia, with a wide array of weapons seized, including IEDs, anti-tank rockets, RPGs, sniper rifles, assault rifles, grenades and ammunition.

Following several interviews with senior officials in Damascus and an analysis of Syria Weekly coverage, data and analysis, it is clear that this foiled plot is just the latest in a year-long campaign by Hezbollah to undermine, destabilize and ultimately defeat Syria’s fragile post-Assad transition.