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Syrian Activists Publish Pictures Showing 'Hizbullah Captives'
[An Nahar] Activists on social networking websites are circulating pictures of what they said are "Hizbullah captives" captured by the Free Syrian Army during the ongoing battles in the Eastern Ghouta region just outside Damascus.The Lebanese party has not yet confirmed or denied the authenticity of the published material. One of the pictures shows a supposed FSA fighter serving drinking water to handcuffed and blindfolded prisoners. Syrian rebels have pressed an offensive in the Damascus and Aleppo provinces, in an escalation that has killed 194 fighters on both sides in the past three days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. Rebels in Eastern Ghouta, east of Damascus, are trying to break the army siege on opposition areas there, taking over several small villages and checkpoints, according to the Observatory. Since Friday, 194 fighters on both sides have been killed, as well as seven anti-regime media activists. On the rebel side 115 rebels were killed, including 50 jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and al-Nusra Front, according to the Britannia-based watchdog. The dead on the loyalist side included five members of Hizbullah and 20 fighters from the Iraqi Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas militia, as well as 46 government troops and eight members of a pro-regime militia. "Hizbullah is leading the fighting. Hundreds of its fighters have been deployed to Eastern Ghouta," said Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-26 |
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