...
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...
fighters backed by the Syrian Army reportedly took control of new Lion of Islam positions on the outskirts of the Syrian al-Qalamoun town, which borders Leb.
Al-Manar reported that Hizbullah and the Syrian forces completely seized the outskirts of al-Juba town, which compelled Islamists bully boyz to flee the area towards Ras al-Maarah, Fleita and al-Rahwa, along the Lebanese border.
Voice of Leb (93.3) also said that Hizbullah and the Syrian troops took control of al-Mohmadat Hill, which oversees Wadi al-Zaaroura that links the outskirts of Brital with Juba.
Syrian jets also shelled the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal and flew over Leb's Eastern Mountain range.
Later, VDL (93.3) reported that the two allies also captured Wadi al-Kneisseh crossing between al-Juba and Assal al-Wared.
Fighting has intensified in the past week in the mountainous al-Qalamoun region across the border from Leb, where bully boyz from 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 and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front are entrenched.
Hizbullah and Syrian government troops took control on Thursday of strategic heights in the Syrian region of al-Qalamoun that abuts Leb's eastern border.
The control of the area on the outskirts of Assal al-Wared came following heavy festivities with 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.
Hizbullah stated on Friday that the number of fighters who were killed in Syria's al-Qalamoun front were only three, denying media reports claiming otherwise.
Some media outlets said that more than 40 of Hizbullah fighters had died in fighting against Islamic bully boyz near the border with Leb this week.
However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package...
al-Nusra Front said in statement via Twitter: "A large number of Hizbullah and Syrian army members were killed and others maimed in fighting with al-Fatah al-Qalamoun army in Assal al-Wared."
Hizbullah has been fighting alongside Assad's forces against predominantly Sunni rebels and bully boyz seeking to topple him.
On Friday, Hizbullah and the troops of Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Despoiler of Deraa...
attacked Lion of Islam posts in al-Qalamoun's Juba area after they compelled them to withdraw from the town of Assal al-Wared, which is near the Lebanese border enclave of Tufail, which is surrounded by Syrian lands to its north, east and south, and by the Lebanese villages of Ham, Maarboun and Brital to its west.