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| Hizbullah, Syrian Army's Battle for Qalamun Seeks to Fortify Border Towns |
| 2015-05-02 |
| [AnNahar] A battle for Syria's border region of al-Qalamun is imminent as 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... and the Syrian army are making the final preparations for the fight, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Friday. A high-ranking March 8 forces ... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hizbullah and its allies, so-called in commemoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ... official told the daily: "The battle of al-Qalamun is very, very imminent and it will be very big." "Hizbullah's preparations with the Syrian army are focused on a battle that will fortify al-Qalamun's villages and those on the Lebanese side of the border," he added. An Nahar daily meanwhile noted the "lack of any official, security, or military stance" on the upcoming battle. Media reports on Wednesday said that six Hizbullah members were killed in an ambush by the Qaeda-linked 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 in al-Qalamun region. They said that al-Nusra carried out a "major operation" against a Hizbullah "supply convoy" in the Syrian region. In early January, five Hizbullah members and six Nusra gunnies were reportedly killed when the group attacked posts controlled by the Lebanese party and the Syrian army in the Qalamun town of Flita. Hizbullah has sent fighters across the border to aid Syrian regime troops in Qalamun and in several regions across Syria. Its involvement helped the Syrian army recapture most of Qalamun from rebel hands. The Lebanese army for its part has been battling Syria-based gunnies from al-Nusra and the 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.... group who are entrenched on the mostly non-existent border between Leb and Syria. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Ah, trying to keep the Hadrians out theory. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-05-02 17:01 |