"and he has reportedly predicted the demise of Hizbullah itself if Mr Assad falls." Where did he predict that? In a secret conversation with Nicholas Blanford? This is so outrageously false and there is no way that Nasrallah would ever say such a thing because he would never believe it as he knows that the party emerged when it was in enmity with the Syrian regime back in 1982. I can't believe how much the Economist's coverage of the Middle East has deteriorated. Lately, it is as if reading Liz Sly or Nicholas Blanford. Mere propaganda.