...
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...
reportedly kidnapped three high-ranking members from the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front, the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper reported on Monday.
According to sources, Hizbullah kidnapped the three officials in Syria's al-Qalamun region, where Hizbullah has been taking part in the fighting to aid
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
's troops.
The newspaper said that the party could seek to exchange the three jihadists with the hostages, who were kidnapped by Islamist gunnies in the northeastern border town of Arsal.
The Syrian forces alongside the Shiite group have seized control of al-Qalamun in April.
Islamist gunnies had kidnapped a number of Lebanese soldiers and security forces from Arsal in light of festivities between Islamists and the army in the region.
The battles began on August 2 and ended five days later.
Several soldiers and coppers have been released recently, the latest batch on Saturday evening.