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Lebanon's Hezbollah, Syrian fighters agree cease-fire
[AA.TR] Hezbollah and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
...formerly al-Nusra, the current false nose and mustache of al-Qaeda in the Levant...
gangs have reached a cease-fire deal in the mountainous Leb-Syria border region, according to the official Lebanese news agency Thursday.

"The cease-fire came into effect as of 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) today," National News Agency (NNA) said, adding the deal had been brokered by Leb's General Security Chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.

The agreement over Juroud Arsal town in Syria includes the exit of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham fighters -- known previously as 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 -- in exchange for release of three Hezbollah fighters who were captured while battling alongside Syrian regime forces in the Syrian Tel el-Ais region in 2016, according to a Lebanese official.

According to the same source, the agreement "also includes the Saraya Ahl al-Sham --affiliates the Free Syrian Army
... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund...
(FSA)--, which will go to the town of Ruhaiba in the countryside of Damascus."

The official pointed out that "the deadline for the implementation of the ceasefire agreement will not be open, expecting that it will end by the beginning of next August.

The Jabhat Fateh al-Sham fighters, their families and civilians who wish to join them will leave for northern Syria’s Idlib province, Ibrahim said.

Speaking in a news conference following meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet...
, the general security chief added the movement of people to Idlib will be carried out under "the supervision of the Lebanese state while the Red Thingy is in charge of logistical issues".


Posted by: Fred 2017-07-28
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