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| Arsal Residents Flee to Baalbek as Deadly Nusra-IS Clashes Renew in Outskirts |
| 2016-01-30 |
| [AnNahar] Fierce festivities renewed at noon Friday between the 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 and 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.... rival jihadist groups in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, state-run National News Agency reported. The violent fighting has left several bully boyz dead and maimed from both groups. The festivities spread to most areas in Arsal's outskirts and in Syria's Qalamoun where al-Nusra and IS have posts. NNA said there was ongoing fighting in al-Zamarani, Wadi al-Kheil, Khirbet al-Hosn, Qurnet al-Oueini, al-Malahi, Dahr al-Lizzabeh and al-Jarajir. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... the town of Arsal was witnessing "tensions between the residents and the hard boys," the agency reported. It also said the Lebanese army went on alert in the area and was intermittently shelling movements by the bully boyz in Ras Baalbek's outskirts. Later on Friday, NNA said the IS-Nusra festivities in Arsal's outskirts have resulted in the "death of five Nusra bully boyz and the capture of six" at the hands of the IS. The IS has also seized control of a Nusra camp between the areas of al-Malahi and Khirbet Hamam, the agency added. Several IS bully boyz were also killed in the fighting, including a bigwig called Abou Maria, NNA said. Expecting a nighttime intensification of the battles, several Arsal residents fled to the Bekaa city of Baalbek where they have relatives, the agency reported. A truce had been reached overnight between the two jihadists groups, according to media reports. The Lebanese army has shelled the posts and movements of both groups during the festivities between them in recent days. Several-Nusra bully boyz were killed or maimed overnight when the army targeted their vehicle that was moving in Arsal's outskirts. According to al-Akhbar newspaper, the jihadist fighting first erupted after al-Nusra launched a surprise attack against the IS group along the Lebanese-Syrian border as a result of the siege laid by the Lebanese army and Hizbullah ... 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... against the two groups. The festivities, which have left scores dead and injured, have been described as the bloodiest between the rival holy warriors. The bully boyz of al-Nusra and the IS clash with the army occasionally but a major confrontation erupted in August 2014 when the two groups overran Arsal. |
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