Report: 5,000 Hizbullah Fighters Joined Assad's Forces in Damascus Fighting
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Some 5,000 Hizbullah members have been fighting alongside Syrian regime troops against rebels in the restive suburbs of Damascus, the Saudi al-Watan daily reported.
The newspaper quoted sources as saying that the fighters crossed the border into Syria last month.
But they said that around 300 of them were killed in the fighting in the past few days.
Battles have flared in areas around Damascus as rebels seeking to topple President Bashar Assad try to push into the city itself.
The rebel advances in the suburbs threaten the government's grip on its seat of power, prompting a punishing response from the military on rebel areas skirting the capital.
Media reports have said several Hizbullah commanders and fighters have been killed in Syria since the revolt that erupted with peaceful demonstrations in March 2011 turned violent.
The party, which is backed by the Syrian and Iranian regimes, has long been accused by the Syrian opposition of assisting Damascus in its crackdown on the uprising — a claim Hizbullah repeatedly has denied.
07 January 2013, 11:14
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there is no doubt in my mind now that the Syrian events are going to spill over Lebanon.
the FSA will want to retaliate on hizbushaitan....
07 January 2013, 15:41
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far more trustworthy than alAlam, alManar, alDunya and SANA, the garbage of all news agencies.
07 January 2013, 11:19
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well that would be 5,000 less HA fighters here... so kudos... and on that note and before anyone jumps at me for blaming or pointing out one side...if there is 5,000 Lebanese Salafis there THAT would also mean 5,000 less here... so how could this be a bad thing??? lol...
07 January 2013, 12:04
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akeed roar... lets not forget we are reading what was meant for us to read.. be it if you are reading it on naharnet, mtv, otv or al-manar... but like you said.. assuming it is true.. GREAT!!!
07 January 2013, 12:38
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so far no one is cheering for the fsa, but you are chering for hizbushaitan.
07 January 2013, 13:05
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ft look at your post at the top of the page and tellus you are not cheering for hizbushaitan :)
07 January 2013, 21:12
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people fighting alongside bashar murderous troops do not have lebanon as their priority and are killing a second time those lebanese killed by this regime!
these are the real traitors....
07 January 2013, 11:39
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Does anyone seriously believe this?! Asad needing Hizb to survive? It's a different kind of fights. They need heavy weapons, aircrafts...
Plus the source of the news cannot be described as non biased?
07 January 2013, 12:10
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Sidon do you even believe what you are writing? HA being able to ship 5000?? Like FIVE THOUSANDS? Seriously? It sounds realistic? And Assad having only HA as a option? :)
07 January 2013, 12:24
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mmmm I would see this as wishful thinking. I don't think they have so many thousands of strong and trained fighters would would be stronger than Asad's guys, especially in a field they know nothing of...
It's easier to defend your country where you know every single cm2...
But good news if you see them so strong and since you say there are millions of them, it would even be easy to invade israel?
07 January 2013, 15:14
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Sidon? Seriously? Shoo fi al Nijme? 2 million supporters? What are you smoking?
07 January 2013, 12:53
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There weren't 5,000 HA fighters in Lebanon during 2006 war. Their fighting strength is at around 3,000. And the Saudi daily Al Watan reported this? Is this a joke?
07 January 2013, 21:00
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What lebanese army will fight the fsa?? You fool lol, the lebaense army that is as divided as lebanon itself ? Once the masna3 crossing falls you can say that most of beka3 broke away from ha control. hA can not defeAt thousands of syrians ya ahbal and are praying that they do not have to go thru that in beka3 one day. hizbala cannot do whAt migs and scud missles fAiled to do, and comparing this to the 2006 wAr is extremely stupid: there you had an enemy that cant afford to lose 100 men, these folks lost 60 thou and still goin.
07 January 2013, 14:43
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Battikh yikasser ba'3do - Inchallah they go and never come back, both the Hezb and the Salafis. Yallah, ship them out aqnd hope they comeback in body bags. That's very good news
07 January 2013, 15:24
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"they said that around 300 of them were killed"
The more the merrier.
07 January 2013, 19:32
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You make me laugh - If Israel was to kill them, you would complain, when Syrian opposition forces kill them you complain.
Your line of thought is so warped that immediately anyone who says something which differs with your, he is automatically a Zionist.
You really are wierd.
07 January 2013, 15:25
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Its a shame that these young men are being sent to their death for few scum bags to hold onto power in Lebanon or syria.
07 January 2013, 16:40
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5,000 fighters in Syria? what is israel waiting for? yalla come to bent jbeil and finish with the rest of them.
we will take care of the crazy orangina guy in rabieh and his corrupt son-in-law
07 January 2013, 21:14
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what do you do of the direct testimonies of syrians saying hezbis were alonside shabbihas?
