World Affairs

  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue: 4

Legacy and securitisation in the Syria crisis a content analysis of Hassan Nasrallah’s speeches

  • Author:
  • Rashed Alrasheed, Khalid Amur Salim Al-Shamli
  • Total Page Count: 26
  • Published Online: Feb 13, 2024
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 106 to 131

Abstract

After the Arab Spring took place in Syria in 2011, the relationship between the rulers and the ruled across the region became increasingly strained. In a fractious relationship, several opposition groups sought to overthrow the regime in Syria, as a consequence of a perceived lack of religious legitimacy. The Lebanese Hezbollah policies towards the Syrian crisis have been impacted by ideological variables, regional balance, Arab community structures, and geo-strategic factors. In the same context, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanese Hezbollah delivered speeches to secure the survival of the Axis of Resistance. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the objects of threat and the legacies which were used in securitisation in the Syrian crisis. This study has shown that legacy could facilitate the securitisation of Israel, USA, ISIS, and Sunni groups in Syria and generate suitable circumstances to move the Axis of Audience Resistance.