Hezbollah claims to have killed 46 Sunni militants near Lebanon-Syria border

Hezbollah claims to have killed 46 Sunni militants near Lebanon-Syria border

Lebanon’s Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah claimed it had killed 46 Sunni radicals during its offensive to liberate the northeastern region of Arsal, next to the Syrian border.

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Hezbollah claims to have killed 46 Sunni militants near Lebanon-Syria border

Beirut: Lebanon’s Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah on Sunday claimed it had killed 46 Sunni radicals during its offensive to liberate the northeastern region of Arsal, next to the Syrian border.

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Hezbollah launched an offensive on Friday in Arsal — a region located 120 kilometres to the northeast of Beirut — with the support of forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, Efe news agency reported.

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The Shia group has captured Wadi Uwaini, which was a key bastion of Al Qaeda’s former affiliate Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (“Front for the Conquest of the Levant”), and the top of Jabal Shaabat al-Qalaa mountain, in eastern Arsal.

On the other hand, Hezbollah said pro-Syrian government forces killed 23 extremists in the Qalamoun Mountains, on the Syrian side of the border.

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