10 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in clashes with Jabhat al-Nusra militants in eastern Lebanon, RIA Novosti reported Monday referring to a Hezbollah source.
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"10 Hezbollah fighters died while countering the yesterday attack on a checkpoint, some people were seriously wounded. A few dozen terrorists [from the Jabhat al-Nusra group] were eliminated, those who survived dropped their weapons and ammunition and fled from the battlefield," the source said.
On Sunday, Hezbollah fighters reportedly countered an attack launched by Islamic State (IS) militants in Lebanon's mountainous region of Brital, on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
Hezbollah has been fighting against Jabhat al-Nusra, also known as the al-Nusra Front, which is an affiliate of al-Qaeda. Hezbollah fighters have also been taking part in the Syrian government's operations against the armed opposition and the IS, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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