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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Five Fighters From Hizbullah Killed, Dozens Of IS/al Nusra Gunmen Died During Repel Attack In Outskirts Of Brital
2014-10-06
After reading the story above from Ynet, here is the view from Lebanon, a reminder that what is seen depends on who is looking:
[AnNahar] Five members of Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
were killed and dozens of gunnies died in festivities that erupted on Sunday between them in the outskirts of Brital.

Gunmen came from al-Kalamoun and attacked a Hizbullah position in the outskirts of Brital, that summoned Hizbullah to bring additional reinforcements for its fighters and an alert in the army's position in Brital.

MTV explains that the attack was on a Hizbullah position named Ain al-Saat position and that al-Nusra
...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant...
gunnies came from Assal al-Ward

"Hizbullah 'thwarted the attack' and two of their fighters died and others injured, while 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 .. ...
has dozens of dead and injured fighters," it added.

Sunday night a Hezbollah security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, confirmed the deaths of five fighters after festivities around the town of Nabi Sbat in eastern Leb.

Several media reported that Mohammed Khalid Hamza Suhaib, a leader in al-Nura front, died after the festivities in the outskirts of Brital and his corpse was transported to al-Rahmat hospital in Arsal.

"Hizbullah posts in the mountains around al-Nabi Sabat, east of Baalbek, were attacked by gangs who came from Qalamun" in Syria, a Hizbullah source told AFP.

"Hizbullah returned fire, inflicting heavy losses among the attackers," it added.

Residents from al-Nabi Sabat who fled the fighting told AFP they saw Hizbullah convoys picking up several maimed fighters from the group during the festivities.

Al-Mayadeen stated that the goal of the gunnies who tried to infiltrate the eastern mountain range is to open a gap between the outskirts of al-Qalamun and al-Zabadani.

According to al-Manar, Hizbullah killed dozens of bully boyz and maimed others in Ain al-Saat and was able to take them out of the eastern mountain range.

"Cautious calmness dominates on the areas which witnessed festivities in the eastern mountain range," it added.

LBCI stated that, "the gunnies attacked a Hizbullah position in the outskirts of Brital, in the eastern mountain range, where violent festivities took place."

"A group of the IS attacked a Hizbullah position in al-Mahafer in the outskirts of Brital and injuries from both sided were recorded," it added.

VDL stated that Syrian gunnies dominated for 30 minutes on the Hizbullah position in the outskirts of Brital, but they withdrew afterward.

After few minutes LBCI said: "The festivities expanded between Hizbullah and the IS to Younine in the outskirts of Baalbek and Hizbullah brought in reinforcements and a number of civilians participated in the fight."

"Hizbullah used 'an intense firing strategy' to force the bully boyz to withdraw after they had came from several destinations of the eastern mountain range," VDL added.

According to VDL, the army announced an alert in its positions in Brital and Hawr Taala and declared that its units didn't intervene in the clash.
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