...
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...
got more involved in the country's war.
A security source told As Safir daily published on Tuesday that terrorist groups taking refuge in the border area are making suspicious moves.
The army raised its level of alertness over fears that the jihadists would carry out attacks inside Lebanese territories, he said.
Hizbullah has also consolidated its security measures in its strongholds, mainly in Beirut's southern suburbs, as it got more involved in Syria's war, said the source.
The party has moved in the past days thousands of highly-trained fighters from Leb towards areas near the northwestern province of Idlib to help the Syrian army regain control of the province.
After a heavy barrage of Russian
Capturing Kfar Nabudeh would cut off a major highway, giving the pro-government forces access to Idlib. A rebel coalition that includes the al-Qaeda-affiliated 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 drove
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
's forces out of Idlib in September, in a major setback for the government.
Their hold on Idlib threatened Latakia province, a stronghold of Assad and the Alawite religious minority to which he belongs.
The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 30