...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....
official known as Abu Aisha al-Libi and six other IS jihadists were killed on Friday in a Hizbullah
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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...
attack on the Kherbet Hamam region on the outskirts of the northeastern town of Arsal, al-Manar TV said.
The jihadists were reportedly plotting to launch an assault on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek.
Hizbullah also destroyed two IS military vehicles, killing several and injuring six jihadists in the attack, including an IS commander known as Abu Akramah al-Zouhouri and another bad boy known as Ahmed Abdel Mohsen, al-Manar added.
Hizbullah has been on the offensive in Syria's Qalamoun mountains for weeks and has captured territory from al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Nusra Front. With the Nusra Front almost defeated in the area, a major battle erupted last week between Hizbullah and the IS.
The party is deeply involved in Syria's civil war, fighting alongside
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
's forces. The Lebanese group cites fears the Sunni bully boyz will sweep through Shiite and Christian villages in diverse Leb as the reason for its involvement in Syria.
The total area of the Qalamoun mountains that is being contested is about 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) -- of which 340 square kilometers (131 square miles) lie in Leb.