Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recommending the country's security cabinet agree to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah brokered by the U.S.

Back then, Syrian rebels were closing in on the regime’s strongholds, even as Assad leaned heavily on Iran and Hezbollah for support in the years prior. Moscow’s intervention turned the tide, culminating in the recapture of the largest Syrian city of Aleppo and a fragile stability that has largely held since.