Hezbollah hits ISIL base in Syria's Qalamoun region
Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have pounded
a base run by ISIL Takfiri militants in Syria’s mountainous Qalamoun
region along the border with neighboring Lebanon.
A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told
Beirut-based English-language newspaper The Daily Star that Hezbollah
fighters lobbed three rockets at the base in Khachaat area of the
region, which lies about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of the
Syrian capital, Damascus, on Friday and destroyed it.The source,
however, did not provide any information about the number of the
casualties and the type of damage that Hezbollah inflicted upon the
terrorists.
The al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front and the ISIL Takfiri militants
overran the eastern Lebanese town of Arsal, situated 124 kilometers (77
miles) northeast of the capital, Beirut, last August, killing and
capturing more than three dozen soldiers and security forces.
They have executed at least three of the hostages.
The Takfiri terrorists demand the release of a number of militants in
Lebanese jails in exchange for the captive Lebanese soldiers and
policemen.
Over the past months, Lebanon has been suffering from terrorist
attacks by al-Qaeda-affiliated militants as well as random rocket
attacks, which are viewed as a spillover of the conflict in Syria.Syria
has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence
fueled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 215,000
people, according to reports.
-HRB News |