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| Hezbollah, Army pound militant hideouts along Syria border |
| 2015-02-04 |
| [Beirut Daily Star] ARSAL/BAALBEK, Leb: Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army pounded holy warrior hideouts along the Lebanese-Syrian border with new ferocity Tuesday, security sources said. Hezbollah attacked holy warrior hideouts on the outskirts of the eastern town of Nahleh, with the sound of artillery echoing across the Baalbek area, the sources said. Residents heard the sounds of heavy rocket and gunfire as they became wary of a possible holy warrior incursion. According to security sources, Lions of Islam have reinforced their positions on the outskirts of the Lebanese border town after they engaged in heavy festivities with Hezbollah in the area last week. Last Oct., The Nusra Front attacked two posts on the border with Syria near the Lebanese villages of Brital and Nahleh. At least eight Hezbollah fighters and 14 Lions of Islam were killed in the festivities that ensued. Separately, the Lebanese Army shot up holy warrior positions in the outskirts of Arsal, several kilometers north of Nahle. Troops were using rockets and heavy artillery to pound holy warrior posts in Wadi al-Ayouni, Wadi al-Khayl, Khirbet Daoud, and Jabal al-Mkhayramiyeh, sources said. The rebels have been caught in the no-man's land between the two countries since the Syrian regime and Hezbollah regained the majority of Syria's Qalamoun region last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |