Nusra Front Says 'Spring Battle' to Target Syria Not Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةThe al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front reassured that it will not assault Lebanon or its army, stressing that they are not targets by the group.
Sources close to the Nusra Front stressed in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Monday, that the group's direction is Syria and not Lebanon, pointing out that “Lebanon and its army are not included on the list of targets.”
The sources said that the so-called spring battle “will be towards the Syrian Qalamoun,” vowing “unexpected surprises during the confrontation.”
They noted that the “Nusra fighters are in high spirits.”
The daily said that Hizbullah's leadership is “aware that the near battle will be costly and prolonged.”
Sources close to the party said “Hizbullah decided to engage in the battle to safeguard Lebanon.”
Media reports recently said that fierce battles are expected to erupt along the border with Syria as the weather improves, adding that Hizbullah mobilized hundreds of fighters in Syria during the past few days ahead of the expected clashes.
The reports noted that fighters linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian al-Qalamoun are mobilizing and moving closer to the border with Lebanon ahead of a battle along the country's eastern border.
The Lebanese army frequently clashes with the militants in their hideouts near the Syria border.
When the Syrian revolt erupted in March 2011, the Lebanese eastern border town of Arsal served as a key conduit for refugees, rebels and wounded people fleeing strife-torn Syria, but the Lebanese army stepped up it's security measures in the village to stop infiltrations.
It was overran in August by gunmen belonging to the two al-Nusra Front and ISIL, who withdrew from the town by taking several soldiers and policemen hostage. Four have been so far executed.
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.
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But nassrallah and mowaten said they are coming to kill us and will reach Jounieh if it were not for the heroics of the islamic iranian resistance.
nassrallah also said he sent his warriors to Syria to defend shia villages. So, yes he says a lot of things all of which constitute a lie. As to mowaten, lol, well he says many things he is paid to say on the forum.
I always think of you and your aliases as you lay in pieces and tranquility at your final destination dear flamethrower.... RIP Shia Hero
when the Lebanon army join forces with Nusra to fight the hezbollah terrorithm in the region!!!???
Hey flamethrower...you are one man army...in this site so many person against you and you never backdown you tweet them back...I salute your spirit..
They are refusing to publish a moderator charter as it will lead half of their own team to be banned.
Their team is the one making this trouble
bless anyone person, entity, brigade, organization or country that inflicts extreme pain, suffering, death or destruction upon the terrorist sectarian iranian militia and its supporters wherever they maybe.
All these people will end up in Hell. ISIS, Nusra, Ebola, Boko Haram, Butcher, etc...
hahahahaha the american stooge cheering for al qaeda. not surprising knowing al qaeda qas created by the CIA but at least now it's out in the open.
Nusra/Is/Qaida......SAYS!
Geagea/Assir........SAYS!
Who cares what these evil people have to say?
Yaaa Nusra, or Al Jursa, wlak if you want to try your battle on Lebanon wlak you know darn well what will happen to you here, you try!!
If you plan to attack Syria, why are you fighting the LAF in Arsal and Ras Baalbeck?
Why do you have our servicemen captive
Hypocrits
I am all for Pro-IS and HA fighters going to Syria to fight each other. One way pass, do not let them back in.
Isis/Nusra and Hizbalshitan are two faces of the same coin, may they gain strength and eliminate one another.
Well said Fadi, and this is why I'd quote an old African proverb that goes, "When two elephants fight, it's the grass under their feet that suffers".
IS is devilish but at the same time HA is far from being Lebanon's protecting angel.
To really defend Lebanon HA should put his military power under the control of Lebanese army and allow a free election of a president.