"No one can believe that this will stop without a huge victory for Hezbollah and for Syria. I haven’t felt so optimistic since 1973. I think we are closing the noose on Israel. This may be the last battle, and we may be able to redraw the map of the Middle East, but not on the schedule of America's plan for the greater Middle East," - Imad Fauzi Shueibi, a political analyst who often works as a consultant to the Syrian government.