BEIRUT: Hezbollah has announced its support for a US-Russia truce deal for Syria, where the Lebanese movement has intervened militarily on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad. In a statement published on Saturday on its official media arm – Al-Manar – the group’s unnamed ‘field commander for Syria operations’ said, “Hezbollah stands with the ceasefire. Syria’s allies are completely committed to what the Syrian leadership, government, security and political forces have decided in terms of the ceasefire.” But it pledged to pursue an open, relentless war against the terrorists of the Islamic State group and Al-Nusra Front – which changed its name to Fateh al-Sham Front – after renouncing its ties to Al-Qaeda. Hezbollah has dispatched between 5,000 and 8,000 fighters to bolster the beleaguered Syrian army. The new ceasefire – agreed as part of a landmark deal brokered by Russia and the US – is set to begin on Monday at sundown. If the truce holds for one week, the US and Russia could start joint operations against the militants of the Islamic State group and Fateh al-Sham Front.