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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
FSA: Hizbullah Preparing to Send 5,000 Fighters to Homs
2013-03-06
[An Nahar] The joint command of the rebel Free Syrian Army on Tuesday accused Hizbullah of "preparing to send between 4,000-5,000 fighters to Syria via Homs over the next few days."

"On Sunday evening, Hizbullah trained its members in the Western Bekaa area near the Lebanese town of Mashghara, in preparation for sending a new batch of fighters to Syria," the joint command said in a statement.

The FSA accused the Lebanese party of "setting up monitoring positions and deployment centers, some of them near the eight Syrian border towns occupied by the party, with the aim of providing protection and controlling the international highway connecting Damascus
...The capital of Iran's Syrian satrapy...
, Homs and the (Syrian) coast."

The rebel group charged that "over the past three months, Hizbullah staged operations of sectarian cleansing in several border towns, especially Jousiyyeh, while dozens of houses were torched and thousands of residents were expelled."

The joint command warned that "the future of the neighborly and brotherly relations with Leb is in danger and all options will be on the table if the blatant aggression against Syrian territory and citizens does not stop."

The FSA stressed that "today, the problem is with the Lebanese state, not only with Hizbullah, and it has gone beyond that to become an Arab, regional and international issues."

"We will deal with it within this framework," the statement added.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Could they possibly be multi-tasking?
Posted by: trailing wife   2013-03-06 20:46  

#2  More like the Alawites are losing so the Iranian paymasters are sending in reinforcements.
Posted by: Odysseus   2013-03-06 18:01  

#1   Hizbullah staged operations of sectarian cleansing in several border towns, especially Jousiyyeh, while dozens of houses were torched and thousands of residents were expelled.

Sounds like Hesb'allah is carving out territory for itself.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-03-06 10:36  

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