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Casualties in Fierce Nusra-IS Clashes in Arsal Outskirts
[AnNahar] Fierce festivities erupted Monday between the al-Nusra...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli al-Sham (Support Front for the People of the Levant), also known as al-Qaeda in the Levant. They aim to establish a pan-Arab caliphate. Not the same one as the Islamic State, though .. ... Front and Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... rival jihadist groups in the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported. "Rockets and medium-caliber weapons are being used in the fighting in the al-Malahi and al-Ajram areas in Arsal's outskirts," NNA said. Deaths and injuries on both sides have been reported, the agency added. Militants from the two groups are entrenched in Arsal's outskirts and in mountainous areas along the undemarcated Lebanese-Syrian border. The Lebanese army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah ... Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... and the Syrian forces have engaged in festivities with them on the Syrian side of the border. The two groups overran the town of Arsal in 2014 before being ousted by the army after days of deadly battles. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-01-24 |
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