After the fall of the Assad regime in early December, Iran has been cut off from a land corridor to re-supply Hezbollah. As such, this funeral is one way they can still show support.

Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The killing of Hassan Nasrallah dealt a heavy blow to Hezbollah's reputation as a fighting force. Read more at straitstimes.com.