...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers..., where Israel said it hit Hezbollah weapons depots.
The Britannia-based war monitor said three strikes targeted the town of Qusayr, where Hezbollah holds sway, and surrounding areas.
One strike targeted "a weapons depot and a fuel storage facility for Hezbollah in the industrial city of Qusayr," killing three and wounding five others, the Observatory said.
The other strikes targeted warehouses near the Lebanese border and a bridge south of Qusayr, according to the war monitor.
Irresistible bait for Israeli missiles, for sure.
The Israeli military's Arabic-language front man Avichay Adraee said "weapons depots and headquarters used by" Hezbollah were hit in the Qusayr region.Adraee said the strikes sought to thwart attempts to "transfer weapons from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
via Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon."
The official SANA news agency reported Israeli strikes on Qusayr's industrial zone and some residential neighborhoods, saying they caused material damage.
The vast land border between Israel and Syria has increasingly come under attack by Israel since its war with Hezbollah erupted last month.
The main land border, known as Masnaa on the Lebanese side, was put out of service by an Israeli strike this month.
A second crossing that connects Lebanon to Qusayr was put out of service last week by another Israeli strike.
Israel accuses Hezbollah of transferring weapons in from Syria using the land crossings which have become a key escape route for thousands of people in Lebanon fleeing the war.
There are six official crossings between Lebanon and Syria but several other illegal routes exist along the mostly non-existent border.
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