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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah, Syrian Army Liberate New Areas in Zabadani
2015-07-13
[ALMANAR.LB] Hezbollah fighters and Syrian army troops took control on Sunday over the Al-Zallah neighborhood and the related farms in south of Zabadani city, 50 Kilometers northwest of Damascus, Al-Manar TV correspondent to Syria reported.

The control was achieved after the terrorist groups operating in the area escaped as several of them were killed and maimed.

Hezbollah and army units continued their progress west of the city from Al-Zahra neighborhood following their control over the castle found in the area.

The Islamic Resistance of Hezbollah -- along with the Syrian national military -- launched a special operation against a camp for Al-Nusra Front takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
group - Al-Qaeda branch in Syria, at the top of Bludan tower.

The operation destroyed one Al-Nusra tank and a vehicle equipped with 23 mm machine gun. It also left killed and maimed gunnies among 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 .. ...
garrison.

Hezbollah fighters and the Syrian national military are engaged in a wide-scale military campaign against the takfiri groups operating across Syria. Cleansing operations included so far Arsal barrens, Qalamoun region and Zabadani city.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah pledged to eliminate every terrorist group that threatens Leb's security, but noted that the time period of the operation can be only determined by commanders on the ground.
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