Syria Army, Hizbullah Recapture Rebel Town Near Damascus
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Syrian troops recaptured the strategic town of Bweida, south of Damascus, from rebel forces on Wednesday, state media and a monitoring group reported.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the army was backed by Iraqi and Lebanese militia in the assault on the town, which lies not far from the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, revered by Shiites around the world.
State television said the army had "restored safety and stability to the Bweida area of Damascus province after it defeated the terrorists and destroyed their criminal equipment."
Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said that government troops had been supported by fighters of Hizbullah as well as volunteers from the Abul Fadl al-Abbas brigade, who include Iraqis.
"The army's advance is part of an attempt to crush the rebels' positions in the countryside south of Damascus, in order to isolate those operating within the southern belt of the capital," Abdel Rahman said.
There was also fighting on Wednesday nearer to the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, and in the Hojeira district of south Damascus.
For several months, the army has placed a suffocating siege on rebel-held districts south of the capital.
16 October 2013, 23:26
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You like to talk like a wise man, but unfortunately you and your hizbulshaitan friends lack knowledge about the middle east islamic history. Moslems who know their islamic history along with the prophets sayings (hadiths) about future events, know very well that the islamic khilafa will soon return to bilad al sham. So you miss a very big factor in your equation.
17 October 2013, 00:20
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the problems of our nation is people like you and your iranian hezbollah....
17 October 2013, 00:36
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gabbaguybo, you Einstein, how come you didn't predict that? Did you also miss predicting the involvement of Syrians??? from Chechnya, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt... on the side of your buddies of al-Qaeda? They seem to be doing a great job expediting the collapse of the "ASSad" regime as next Wednesday shall prove it. Wouldn't you say so, Einstein? Keep up the comments that expose your out-of-this-world genius. I don't know what Sanni First and Farts 14 would have done without such geniuses as you. takbir
17 October 2013, 00:52
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You like to talk like a wise man, but unfortunately you and your hizbulshaitan friends lack knowledge about the middle east islamic history. Moslems who know their islamic history along with the prophets sayings (hadiths) about future events, know very well that the islamic khilafa will soon return to bilad al sham. So you miss a very big factor in your equation.
17 October 2013, 03:26
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this is the Eid Gift to the FSA and the terrorists. Good Job Hizbullah. let the world know that when Lebanon interferes with one side against the other that one side will be surely victorious.
17 October 2013, 06:18
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Good Job Hizbullah. let the world know that when Lebanon interferes with one side against the other that one side will be surely victorious ............
I get from your post that you use the words HA and Lebanon interchangeably? To you Lebanon is HA, to that I say "fashar".
17 October 2013, 08:44
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hahahahahaha yea right, funny to hear you speaking of foreign mercenaries, when 90% of the "rebels" are foreign jihadis.
17 October 2013, 08:49
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I have replied to you several times, but seems like naharnet.com dont allow post with islamic content. None of my comments have been posted. Long live the lebanese censorship.
17 October 2013, 08:50
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I have replied to you several times, but seems like naharnet.com dont allow post with islamic content. None of my comments have been posted. Long live the lebanese censorship.
