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Three Syrian ISIL members killed in east Lebanon
[ALMASDARNEWS] Three Syrian members of the 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.... (ISIS) were killed in eastern Leb on Thursday after an IED attack inside the town of ’Arsal. According to a Lebanese security source, the three ISIS members were killed when an IED planted inside their vehicle exploded in the midtown area of ’Arsal on Thursday. The source added that the location of the boom-mobileing was near the old police headquarters of the ’Arsal Municipality. The three ISIS ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) that fought against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) during the battle of al-Qusayr in April 2013. Lebanese army artillery hammers al-Nusra positions in Arsal [AAWSAT] Beirut – Clashes erupted in the border area of Arsal in northeastern Lebanon on Tuesday night, when militants from the so-called Al-Nusra Front attacked several “Hezbollah” posts located along the Lebanese-Syrian border. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the Lebanese Army joined Hezbollah in shelling Nusra Front militants in Arsal’s outskirts, using heavy artillery. Hezbollah’s “military media” said that “Hezbollah” fighters, in cooperation with the Syrian regime forces, have targeted with automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades, armed militants from the Nusra Front, who were trying to infiltrate into the area of western Qalamoun that lies east of Arsal. A number of militants, including one of their commanders, were killed during the clashes, and the rest fled the area, “Hezbollah” added. The fighters of “Hezbollah” along with the Syrian forces have repelled the attempts of the Nusra Front to attack positions of the Syrian forces in Flita in the western Qalamoun area bordering Lebanon, it stated. On Wednesday, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television reported that “Hezbollah” members fired at Nusra militants, who were trying to remove the bodies of terrorists killed during the overnight clashes in western Qalamoun. Wednesday’s clashes led to further deaths among al-Nusra militants, Al-Manar added. Meanwhile, Syrian Activist Nasser al-Qalamouni, who was present in the Arsal area, said that the Lebanese Army continued shelling several areas in the region, accompanied by intensive flying of Lebanese reconnaissance aircrafts over Arsal. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-31 |
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