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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hizbullah Loses Two New Fighters in Qalamun, Supports Regime Forces in Jobar
2014-08-31
[AnNahar] Two Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
members were killed on Thursday in Syria's al-Qalamun region in festivities with opposition forces battling the Damascus regime including al-Nusra Front fighters, an NGO reported on Friday.

"Two Hizbullah members were killed yesterday and six others were maimed" during festivities against fighters of Islamic brigades and al-Nusra Front in al-Qalamun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

Party members were also involved in fierce festivities near Ras al-Rafii hill in Ras al-Maarra region, and in the ongoing fighting in the Flita plains of al-Qalamun.

The Observatory noted that Syrian troops, aided by other fighters, ambushed opposition forces in the same Qalamun region.

"At least 10 supporters of al-Nusra Front and of the Islamic brigades were killed in the ambush," the Britannia-based monitoring group revealed.

Rounds of festivities also took place at the outskirts of the eastern Jobar neighborhood, according to the same source.

"Hizbullah used Iranian surface-to-surface missiles in the Jobar battles," it said.

And late on Thursday evening, al-Zahra neighborhood to the west of Aleppo witnessed festivities between opposition fighters and regime forces, aided by members of Hizbullah and of Baathist brigades.

The festivities took place near the air force intelligence building, the Observatory remarked.

Hizbullah has been involved in the Syrian turmoil for over one year and a half alongside Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's forces. Party chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
has repeatedly assured that "Syria, the backbone of the resistance, will not be left alone."

Hizbullah says it is fighting in Syria to prevent murderous Moslems from entering Leb, and the group dispatched thousands of fighters to al-Qalamun in particular, just across the border from Arsal.
...Where Al Nusra and ISIS are holding about three dozen Lebanese troops hostage.
The group's fighters helped regime forces recapture most of al-Qalamun earlier this year, with opposition fighters taking refuge in mountains along the border.
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