...
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...
stated on Friday that the number of fighters who were killed in Syria's al-Qalamoun front were only three, denying media reports claiming otherwise.
"Some Lebanese and Arab media reports continue to broadcast false reports on the number of Hizbullah fighters killed in the last few days in al-Qalamoun front claiming that the number has totaled 40," the statement said.
"Hizbullah emphasizes that these reports are totally untrue and baseless. Only three fighters have been killed since the confrontations began. Their honorable families have been notified," it added.
Some media outlets said that more than 40 of Hizbullah fighters had died in fighting against Islamic forces of Evil near the border with Leb this week.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
al-Nusra
...formally Jabhat an-Nusrah li-Ahli sh-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 said in statement via Twitter later during the day: "A large number of Hizbullah and Syrian army members were killed and others maimed in fighting with al-Fatah al-Qalamoun army in Assal al-Wared.
"After Hizbullah infiltrated the area from the Lebanese side, the Mujahedin made a tactical withdrawal from Assal al-Wared to repel the infiltration," added the statement.
"Hizbullah is exploiting Leb's land to sneak behind our fighters. We warn the Lebanese, Hizbullah is trying to drag them into a war schemed by Iran."
Hizbullah has been fighting alongside Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
's forces against predominantly Sunni rebels and forces of Evil seeking to topple him.
Fighting has intensified in the past week in the mountainous al-Qalamoun region across the border from Leb, where forces of Evil from 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....
group and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front are entrenched.
Hizbullah and Syrian government troops took control on Thursday of strategic heights in the Syrian region of al-Qalamoun that abuts Leb's eastern border.
The control of the area on the outskirts of Assal al-Wared came following heavy festivities with al-Nusra Front.