Report: ISIL Mobilizing along Lebanon's Border, Preparing for 'Spring Battle'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian al-Qalamoun are reportedly mobilizing and moving closer to the border with Lebanon ahead of a battle along the country's eastern border.
Lebanese and Syrian security sources said in comments published on Tuesday in al-Akhbar newspaper that ISIL fighters are moving “from eastern al-Qalamoun to its west” in preparation for a battle in the area in the spring after the snow melts.
Information obtained by the daily pointed out that “militants assaulted a Syrian army post two weeks ago in Deir Attiya (in eastern al-Qalamoun) as a camouflage to smuggle around 1,000 fighters to west al-Qalamoun” near the Lebanese border.
The newspaper elaborated that “ISIL fighters' performance in the latest battles with the Lebanese army indicates that the militants are saving ammunition and rockets.”
The report estimated that either ISIL fighters are facing shortage in supply of weaponry, or saving their munition for the upcoming battle against the Lebanese army in the country's east.
The Lebanese army frequently clashes with the militants in their hideouts near the Syria border.
The IS, which controls several areas in Syria and Iraq, aims to spread to Lebanon as its fighters position in the outskirts of Bekaa towns bordering Syria and the Lebanese army is in adamant efforts to stop their efforts to infiltrate the country.
ISIL and al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front are battling in Qalamoun the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Hizbullah forces alongside each other, with support from some smaller Islamist rebel groups.
Al-Akhbar reported that the first battle is expected to erupt on the outskirts of the Bekaa town of al-Qaa and another on the outskirts of Brital.
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17 March 2015, 09:01
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are you denying there are isis/nusra fighters on the border? what next? are you going to tell us our soldiers were abducted by teletubies and the daily attacks on ras baalbek are from martians? please eagleyawn, since you're the gatekeeper of credibility, enlighten us!
17 March 2015, 09:10
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In fact there are conflicting repport, da3ech leaving positions in qualamoun take back by nosra, da3ech going to moussil for decisive battle.. Honestly i donno which is right and which is wrong but al akhbar usualy play on polemic (and usualy polemic at the benefice of our local chiite millicia currently bateling und the banner of ya hussein in syria irak yemen...)
Anyway i like ur teletubies suggestion; u can be funny from now and then mowaten :)
17 March 2015, 09:34
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and your terrorist hizb brought them to the border after your glorious victory in qusair over women and children.
17 March 2015, 09:40
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imagine if you want funny read this
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/17538-al-baghdadi-claims-prophet-ordered-him-to-leave-mosul
where did you see a report that says they're going to mossul?
as for al akhbar the only polemic about it is that they don't align with m14 papers, and this causes hysterical denial reactions by people like eagleyawn.
justin: and who brought them to ma3loula? who brought them to mossul? who brought them to kobbane? who brought them to nineveh? think if we just bowed down they would have nicely abstained from coming to lebanon? how endearingly naive.
17 March 2015, 11:31
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hahahahaha! My boss just came into my office with a screen shot of your comment. He said " Mahdi, this is how you debate: you produce evidence to convince others". My boss is very fond of you flamesrower; he wants us to emulate you at work. Somesing Anazar!
17 March 2015, 13:12
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gee terrorist, you and your normita online bromance are amazingly lame and pathetic.
17 March 2015, 15:18
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Relax terrorist, you are Naharnets cutie remember?
Don't know why the admins would delete this comment.
17 March 2015, 15:59
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I dont care about your sexual orientation terrorist, do as you please. I dont even care about you spamming this forum with your unrelated slimy, cheesy, boring bromance with that other goof. What is really disgusting is that all this is nothing more than a very transparent way to relentlessly post sectarian hatred, I don't understand how naharnet can tolerate this, especially knowing that sectarian incitement is a serious crime in Lebanon.
17 March 2015, 19:28
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If there are ISIS/Nusra fighters on the border, then why is HA is fighting them in far away places like Aleppo and even Iraq before eliminating them from the border areas first? I will be waiting for your response Mowaten.
Here is my take on this. ISIS/Nusra are on the borders because HA and Assad want them there to implicate the LAF into their battle. Remember Assad is presenting the world with either him or ISIS (he worked hard on eliminating the moderate rebels). Again I am eager to hear your analysis and response to my question.
17 March 2015, 15:11
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fake or not... thank you for importing all this crap to us hezboz!
You had to go teach them a lesson in Syria huh... you HAD to go defend the wonderful Bashar... thank you.
Now it is our soldiers who pay the price of your adventures...
17 March 2015, 15:28
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Had to defend Lebanon from being overrun with takfiris, zionistpatriot. We do not all want to live in Abu Baghdadis state as you do.
17 March 2015, 09:23
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ISIS/Nusra trying to get ready for the storm. What they don't know is it will be a resistance-made hurricane blowing everything up there away.
17 March 2015, 09:42
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@Mystic, I thought your Iranian resistance took over al Qalamoun last year?? what happened? how are the mobolizing if your "resistance is in full or somewhat full control?? Your stories contradict each other and from this i know you're an Iranian Kizbollah.
17 March 2015, 09:44
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HA and the SAA freed the towns, but they said at the time and it was clear to all who wanted to hear, that there were still fighters hidden in the hills and countrysides, as well as thousands in arsal which could not be reached because of m14 protection.
17 March 2015, 10:34
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Mcdonalds consumer, your takfiri cia agents still have an enclave in the upper mountains and countryside around 3000 of them. Soon they will be gone aswell God willing, time will tell.
17 March 2015, 14:18
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The only people making false names are the "guest" BS.
Tell us who is doing the distorting?
17 March 2015, 09:58
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that's a different topic (are you dodging the previous one?) but it has mainly to do with the targets that da3eshits/nusrats select. HA is present along all the border except arsal and ras baalbek, and present inside syria. if they want to fight HA they know where to find it. question is: why are they avoiding it? (dodging like you?)
17 March 2015, 10:15
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@flamekizbollah, Fyi they took them off the list of a terror threat. the sanctions are still there buddy...
@mowaten you said "if they want HA they know where to find"? where?? Hiding behind the Lebanese Army?
17 March 2015, 10:34
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More scaremongering from alakhbar, joseph samaha must be rolling in his grave! Very convenient was that suddent heart attack of his, don't you think mr alamine?
17 March 2015, 10:36
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@flamekizbollah, there is no denial that Obama is the worst president the us has had....there is no denial that he is looking to make peace with a terrorist and oppressive state. (iran)
17 March 2015, 11:28
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You scare me sometimes _mowaten_...! I laughed exactly the same when I read his comments. We are so similar in how we lie, how we pretend, how we paint ourselves with a moderate brush. Yet we both are shia extremists and are paid to post. I just hope people don't get the idea we are the same narcissist poster.
17 March 2015, 14:21
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You sound like you're about to burst into tears.
go make another fake "guest" name.
17 March 2015, 14:15
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someone disagrees with you SF...seems anti ISIS/Nusra/qaida will not be tolerated on this site & the trolls will be unleashed as guest to distort
17 March 2015, 15:12
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Leach is not the problem, SF...Naharnet deleting comments that don;t insult another poster for no reason but allowing these trolls to remain unhindered.
Can you see how Naharnet & its agenda is at work?
17 March 2015, 14:14
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If al akhbar is so unreliable or distorted as you post daily, then why does a reliable news outlet like Naharnet, report their stories which in turn you feed off on a daily basis?
17 March 2015, 14:22
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Tex,stop calling terrorist-NORM/ita a tranny...at least he/it came out of the closet.
17 March 2015, 16:00
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texas, fact is. We won, and you lost. You just can't accept it, which proves your hysteria and paranoia.
