Violent Battles on Outskirts of Arsal between Nusra Front, ISIL
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Fierce battles erupted on Wednesday on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal between al-Nusra Front-affiliate Jaish al-Fatah and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The state-run National News Agency reported that clashes reached the outskirts of Arsal and Wadi Hmeid crossing, four kilometers from a Lebanese army checkpoint.
The army prevented owners and employees of stone crusher plants in the area from heading to the region.
The Lebanese army recently said that its role is limited to defending Lebanon's land and border, refusing to interfere in the Qalamoun battle.
Meanwhile, unknown gunmen stole 1,500 liters of fuel from a petrol station in Arsal's Wadi al-Rayaan area after they tied a worker.
Unknown knife-wielding attackers also stabbed Fatmeh Nabil al-Hujairi several times and robbed an amount of money from her.
Despite ideological similarities, the Nusra Front and ISIL are opposed and in conflict with each other in other parts of Syria, particularly in the north.
Hizbullah backed by Syrian forces controlled strategic heights of Assal al-Wared in the Syrian region of Qalamoun that abuts Lebanon's eastern border.
Some 3,000 militants are in the Qalamoun region, a Hizbullah commander recently said. He said Hizbullah and Syrian troops surround the Qalamoun from the north, the east and the south, as well as part of the west, squeezing the Islamic militants who remain.
The total area of the Qalamoun being contested is about 1,000 square kilometers — of which 340 square kilometers (131 square miles) lie in Lebanon and are under militants' control.
Hizbullah cites that fear of militants sweeping through Shiite and Christian villages in diverse Lebanon as one of the main reasons for their involvement in Syria.
Some observers however fear the Qalamoun offensive could prompt Islamist militants to launch attacks in Shiite areas of Lebanon itself, including Beirut's southern suburbs.
A wave of bombings targeting Hizbullah strongholds in 2013 and 2014 left scores of people dead and wounded. Already, residents in a southern Beirut stronghold of Hizbullah say security has been tightened in the area, with officials searching cars and checking identification papers.
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13 May 2015, 13:39
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Why should they? Let the takfiris have their fun. It is a fight between brothers so why interfeer.
13 May 2015, 13:45
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is that a dead jihadi iranian terrorist familia in your avatar, god forbid?
13 May 2015, 11:45
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astah takfiri, the resistance fights against ISIL and Nusra alike, makes no difference to them.
What the real question is, how you seem to differ Between ISIS and Nusra when they are both killing LAF servicemen and civilians.
13 May 2015, 12:29
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They've been cornered, when dogs starve they tend to jump on each other.
13 May 2015, 12:41
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It's a fact, not the first time Nusra and ISIS turned on each other.
Just happy to see them kill each other. Even if they did join forces against the Resistance in Qalamoun before.
13 May 2015, 15:52
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So you deny that Nusra ever killed LAF troops texas? To you Nusra are good guys, but ISIL are bad?
According to March 14, Al Nusra are moderate rebels.
13 May 2015, 15:56
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Look at Naharnets desperate attempt to demonize Assad, now they put up pictures of Assad burning.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/178775-investigators-say-have-war-crimes-case-on-syria-s-assad
13 May 2015, 16:08
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Then why are you defending Nusra texas? Are they your last hope for moderation in the "Syrian" Opposition?
13 May 2015, 16:10
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texas, do you remember when you told me you would watch the slaughter of the takfiris and Hezb? Well now karma is coming, I will enjoy this show now.
While you can whine all day, your plans didn't succeed quite well your beloved moderate takfiris chose to destroy each other aswell.
13 May 2015, 16:45
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texas your unrealistic pro western conspiracies, exceeds your already heavily damaged credibility.
It's ISIS and Nusra that are in the same trenches, now killing each other.
Now you claim Assad and ISIS are allies, yet Naharnet just posted this article now. -
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/178794-48-dead-as-is-fights-army-in-syria-s-homs
13 May 2015, 15:33
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FT
Your hallucinations regarding M14 are becoming beyond ridiculous and bordering senile. Get your act together boy.
13 May 2015, 15:44
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Maybe you should refute or at least engage in debate, LF.
otherwise your opinion is seen to be without any merit but extreme bias
13 May 2015, 15:41
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This is nothing more than a set up for the media to make a very uncomfortable situation seem, somehow acceptable. how & why?
It is now common knowledge who is arming IS-Nusra etc.
Even an Israeli site published openly who is arming them with heavy gear.
United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Our intelligence sources report that the opposition is now armed as never before with such heavy weapons as T-55, T-62, and T-72 tanks, BMP infantry fighting vehicles, rocket launchers, mortars, and vehicle-mounted heavy antiaircraft machine guns (12.7, 14.5, and 23 mm). They now command at least four types of antitank weapons, including RPG-7s, RPG-22s, M79s, and an extra-large supply of thousands of TOW missiles. All the hardware has come with night-vision attachments.
This stunt is nothing more than to appease the feeble minded that Nusra is not part of ISIS etc.
13 May 2015, 16:07
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look for yourself its not hard to find...unless of course you are unable to leave Naharnet forum for 5 minutes.
Shameful propagandist who is unable to refute.
13 May 2015, 16:28
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"سكاي نيوز": مقتل 5 عناصر من "حزب الله" في اشتباكات مع الفصائل السورية المسلحة في القلمون.
13 May 2015, 15:47
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They are not slaughtering each other...Its a publicity stunt.
Many backers of ISIS-Nusra need to make Nusra seem acceptable & distanced from Isis, otherwise they will look very foolish & evil.
13 May 2015, 15:49
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& this is proof of a paid propaganda tool.
Here it is trying to distant Is from Nusra, when its crystal clear they are the one & the same.
13 May 2015, 15:52
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texas believe that Al Nusra are good, and ISIL are bad. Even though Al Nusra executed LAF soldiers in cold blood.
13 May 2015, 15:59
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So has the people that pay you to post 24/7.
It doesn;t mean its the truth...the world now openly knows who is arming them & with what weapons.
who else lives on a political forum 24/7 but a paid propagandist.
move along tex...even the Israelis are reporting who is arming them
13 May 2015, 16:12
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It is not lost on any of the foreign governments arming the Syrian opposition that they are in fact boosting radical Islamist organizations, some of which are close to al Qaeda. But it is not openly admitted. US officials prefer to depict the recipients of those weapons as “moderate” rebels. Israel sources admit that their military assistance reaches the hands of Al Nusra, but claims it is a local group, which operates independently of Al Qaeda.
It is hard to see much good coming out of the Syrian policy pursued these days by the US, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf emirates and Turkey: If the opposition militias they are arming are victorious, either Al Qaeda-associates will end up swallowing broad regions of Syria; or else they will overthrow the Assad regime, and rule in its stead in Damascus. Syria would then be the first Arab country to fall into Al Qaeda’s hands.
13 May 2015, 17:03
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Don;t shoot the messenger, bani...I just forwarded snippets from an Israeli website.
It seems you're not enjoying whats been said..
Truth hurts paid propagandist like you huh,...not much for you to do except try to distort the best you can.
13 May 2015, 17:13
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leb patriot is an m14er trying to act like a m8 lowlife.
Best way for m14ers on this site to feel they are not alone huh?
13 May 2015, 17:27
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no one on a website can be anyone's nightmare.
Only losers who think its their world believe this.
You don't happen to be one of them by any chance?
13 May 2015, 17:25
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According to tex that is...but don;t be too harsh on him..he's paid to say this.
According to any sane person..Is-Nusra are one & the same.
13 May 2015, 17:49
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Read the Israeli sources I posted above & see if they paint the same picture you have been lying about.
Clearly Nusra-ISis have been armed ...not the FSA.
their is no FSA...never was..that lie died years ago.
13 May 2015, 18:41
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Incredible political and military analysis. Mind your Lebanon posters.
13 May 2015, 23:55
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Oh yeah, is that why they bomb Assads forces and treat wounded Salafists?
