Report: Thousands of Hizbullah Fighters Engaging in Qalamoun Battle
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Thousands of Hizbullah fighters are engaged in the battle in the Syrian region of Qalamoun as the party's leadership is seeking to boost its capabilities and improve its performance to control the area along with the Syrian Army forces.
“Thousands of fighters, who hail from various Lebanese towns, are participating in the war raging in al-Qalamoun,” prominent Hizbullah sources told the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper on Thursday.
The sources told the daily that the fighters are fully equipped and supported by a logistic team and air-led strikes by the Syrian army.
“Daily evaluations are carried out for the military plan.”
The sources revealed that the “operations were divided into three areas: the east, south and west.”
“The fighting is based on a comprehensive plan.”
They told the daily in remarks that “the experience which Hizbullah is undergoing is the first of its kind and against forces that have the necessary military expertise and have strong beliefs.”
The sources considered the Qalamoun battle as the “harshest” conflict that Hizbullah has been engaged in.
Hizbullah and the Syrian army seized control Wednesday of the strategic Tallet Moussa hill in Qalamoun, as they pressed on with a major offensive against militant groups in the border region.
The peak oversees Lebanon's border area.
The forces continued their onslaught on the heights of the strategic Mount al-Barouh, where “tents belonging to the militants were torched and two military vehicles were destroyed, which left several of them dead or wounded.”
Hizbullah and the Syrian army also seized control of “strategic” Southern Aqabat al-Faskh hill west of Ras al-Maarah, the Tallet al-Harf and Dahr al-Hawa hills, and “the entire al-Khashaat heights which lie in Lebanese territory on the border with Syria,” Hizbullah's mouthpiece al-Manar said.
Last week, Hizbullah and Syrian forces controlled the strategic heights of Assal al-Ward in Qalamoun.
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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14 May 2015, 09:45
1113
May geha the corrupted mostaqbali, bury his brother takfiri in the sand with him.
14 May 2015, 10:11
912
The fall of the takfiris of the Qalamoun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8TfuTULmRY
14 May 2015, 12:37
116
Would you know if God has enough virgins for these religious idiot zealots?
Please find out and let us know
14 May 2015, 15:29
611
eat your heart out geha, your takfiri buddies are meeting their long-awaited fate :)
14 May 2015, 09:20
146
sure bombing children with barrel bombs is better ma hek? LOLLLLL
14 May 2015, 15:29
611
yea, i too can't help but think of all these innocent babies being barrel-bombed in the qalamoun hills... it's really super duper sad!
14 May 2015, 20:42
01
mooowaten.... are you idiot or what?
i am just pointing out his double standards... saying that nusra kill children but forgetting that your buddy assad does it too...
just balancing his post,no more no less...
coz you M8ers tend to have a very short memory and easily apply double standards to avoid acknowledging that your allies are no better than those you criticize...bad for your propaganda
but what to expect from an empty brain?...
14 May 2015, 09:43
812
May the Resistance get a swift victory against the March 14 backed takfiris God willing.
Show no mercy, just as no mercy was shown in the Southern suburbs exploded by takfiris.
14 May 2015, 10:00
1012
Incase you didn't know Mr. Saudipatriot, the Resistance stood against the might of the Zionist airpower, resisted every attacks upon them. Whilst you Saudi cowards can only fund takfiris and bomb the poorest people in the arab world - Yemen.
By the way, if you like to talk about our imams, I can tell you these battles are clearly a sign that vengeance is on our side for what you god forsaken takfiris did to them.
14 May 2015, 10:18
912
So your reasons aren't? When you cowards started attacking sovereign nations and pour into Syria from all corners of the world, then ofcourse you will be met with extreme prejudice.
You follow the schools of Ibn Taymiyah lanatuallah etc, then ofcourse we protect ourselves against your kind.
I do know you would very much like that we just sat down and let ourselves be slaughthered by your kind, no dear friend.
You will be fought to the last man I assure you.
Attacking our families in their houses, southern suburbs.
Just because you are cowards that can't fight a fair battle man to man.
We will see who wins, God will decide which party to glorify.
14 May 2015, 10:25
128
leave God out of this... God is not involved in your stupid war, just terrorists with nothing to do with God... only fanatics like you believe that God is involved here LOL
when all involved is human stupidity....
14 May 2015, 12:37
125
your sectarian militia went to Syria and killed the Syrian people in their homes, villages, and cities. They warned you to withdraw and you laughed it off because you think you are given a god's divine mandate to do whatever you want. Cut out the dramatics since nobody feels any sympathy for you or your families.
14 May 2015, 14:33
510
The syrian people should be freed from your takfiris torment. What? You believe the Syrian people wants Al Nusra and ISIS control?
14 May 2015, 16:02
39
texas my offer still stands, go to da7iyeh and ask the people what they want.
Until you accept my offer, you're just empty words.
14 May 2015, 10:37
128
Ebola has lost its credibility...and a "divine victory" in Qalamoun will not bring it back.
Ebola has destroyed the most important thing : the hope of living together.
14 May 2015, 10:54
126
Miss Tic believes that going to war is a great thing...indeed it leads to Hell.
14 May 2015, 13:32
412
Hahahaha now it's "no big deal" according to you Teaxy and the rest of the M14 goons. Fine no worries ur right no big deal whatever makes u sleep better at night princess...have a good day! And remember ITS NO BIG DEAL :)
14 May 2015, 15:45
39
oh my god anonyme_the1_goof, turns out you were right! ISIS is helping the syrian army in qalamoun, as you predicated!
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/May-14/297936-isis-threaten-syrias-ancient-palmyra-activists.ashx
(except they're attacking the syrian army and killing its soldiers, but dont let such a minor detail stand in the way of your truth)
14 May 2015, 16:13
39
Wait a second, did he send the invite in a rose-scented envelope? I'm really curious to know, please tell me more.
14 May 2015, 18:22
50
you really deserve more than 8 votes mowaten you and and your 100 aliases.
14 May 2015, 20:19
11
Fascinating anonyme_the1_troute! Your storytelling is so detailed and believable, for a second i felt like I was there, sitting between Bashar and Baghdaddy and listening to their secret deals.
You were there too, sitting on Baghdaddy's lap.
14 May 2015, 16:13
510
Nobody is fighting behind any screen, too bad you were so happy and occupied with Jisr al shagur, now you lost Qalamoun instead ya bani7arouf.
You feeling threatened behind your screen, since you think I am fighting you?
14 May 2015, 17:11
47
Keep up the barking little man. Meanwhile enjoy your brothers being slain in Syria ya zalame.
14 May 2015, 16:23
114
Ebola has lost its credibility...and a "divine victory" in Qalamoun will not bring it back.
Ebola has destroyed the most important thing : the hope of living together.
