Two Hizbullah Members Die in Syria as Party Buries Third on Monday
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Two Hizbullah members fighting alongside Syrian government forces in the Qusayr area near the border with Lebanon were killed on Monday, a source close to the party said.
"Two members of Hizbullah who went to Syria to fight against armed groups in the Qusayr sector have been killed," the source said.
Meanwhile, MTV had reported earlier on Monday that heavy gunshots were fired during the funeral of Hizbullah member Hamza Ibrahim Ghamlush who died in clashes in Qusayr's countryside on Sunday.
On February 16, three fighters trained by Hizbullah were killed in fighting in the same area, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A Hizbullah source said at the time that the three were residents of Syria and had died defending themselves.
But the two killed on Monday were residents of Lebanon, the source said, without revealing their identities.
However, MTV identified the two men as Hasan Nasreddine and Mohammed Haidar Haidar.
The party has acknowledged that its members living in Syrian villages on the border with Lebanon have taken part in battles against "armed groups" in self-defense.
But it refuses to discuss allegations by Syrian rebels that it has sent fighters from Lebanon to bolster the forces of its ally, Syria's President Bashar Assad.
08 April 2013, 21:44
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and probably another 20 that havent been reported
good riddance
08 April 2013, 23:25
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Mr Cat,
Well here in Australia your Hezbollah is branded as a Terrorist organisation.
Be carefully what you say and who you support. Cause they will grab you next time your in the Arncliffe park.
08 April 2013, 23:44
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Jajajaja it's true. He's supporting terrorism this not so popular cat in the hat. Can u call the law enforcement agencie and have his freedom of speech revoked?
09 April 2013, 16:36
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Come on Roar, while I may share your frustrations, do you really think its wise to generalize a whole race over some misguided fools. I am arab and I am equally concerned about syria as I am about Lebanon.
09 April 2013, 02:04
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Hexbollah should be ashamed of its self defending a merciless tyrant all because he has Shia partisan leanings and there were still people thinking they were a legit resistance against Isreal but their true agenda has shown itself.
09 April 2013, 03:49
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Mr ft
Wow all of a sudden FSA is now alnusra.
Al Nusra is branded as terrorist group same as Hezbollah.
So I guess your indirectly justify HA entering a foreign Country and fighting I assume?
And no! you did not say that ........
I am assuming so.
I thought HA was a Lebanese resistance not a group being involved in Syria??
Your welcome Flame thrower?
09 April 2013, 07:01
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Ft you are disappointing. You know very well that al nusra is taking advantage of Syrian revolution and that they are armed and controlled from abroad. You cannot deny that there are Syrian people fighting against the regime and they are a majority and that they are fighting for a legitimate right. By fighting along the regime HA is fighting the Syrian people.
09 April 2013, 07:22
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i live in the US and trust me no one cares about what is going on is Syria from my prospective tho the longer the war in Syria goes on the better off we as Lebanese will be on the long run " Long live the Syrian civil war "
09 April 2013, 16:39
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last I checked the US put al nursa on the terrorist list. But you can make the connection if it makes you feel better.
09 April 2013, 17:40
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Two problems FT.
One, al nusra does not represent the whole FSA, nor the whole Syrian opposition. That is quite an unfair and exaggerated statement. They are an extremist group that make headlines portraying them way bigger than they are (in fact, that is a prime tactic among radical groups". Furthermore, the rise in chaotic conditions are a direct result of Assad's brutality and mishandling of the crisis, and chaotic conditions are favourable to radical groups.
Two, how is al-Nusra allied to US and Israel exactly? US may turn a blind eye to their crimes, but to say that they are allied is quite a stretch. Pay more attention to domestic US politics and some of the influential American foreign policy think-tanks, and you'll understand much more the aims of US foreign policy.
09 April 2013, 17:51
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that is the new syrian regime propaganda and repeated by M8ers that all the rebels now in syria are islamists... just to scare people and make them defend bashar like FT and mowaten are constantly doing on this site...
they call for disassociating from the syrian crisis and repeat that it does not concern lebanese and at the same time support hezbis to intevene in syria...
M8 double standards as usual... pure hypocrisy
09 April 2013, 07:15
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Hey Roar :you are as stupid as a pole if you believe they died defending their home . as for the 100 from Australia ? who cares it is only trash killing trash in Syria and as i always say "long live the Syrian civil war"
09 April 2013, 15:40
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For every HA fighter sacrifice there would 100 Nusra fighters buried before sundown
09 April 2013, 15:51
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Not only yours but others as well , Big Brother is watching you .
09 April 2013, 17:34
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Well, anonymetaxasusa continues his trend of making allegations with little evidence, based on pure speculation.
While I have been quite critical about Hezbollah's immoral stance towards the Syrian regime, there really is no evidence that it is actively involved in the fighting against the rebels. If Hezbollah members were actively aiding the regime, then you would find some of their bodies all across Syria and not just those close to the border.
Meanwhile, some pro-rebel M14 parties have actively aided the rebels and have no shame in doing so. They have actively sent fighters, provided weapons, and so on. There is substantial evidence of this, unlike the allegations against Hezbollah.
I am all for criticizing Hezbollah for its immoral stance with the Syrian regime, but I am still not convinced that it is directly fighting alongside the Syrian regime.
09 April 2013, 17:36
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Now, here's what I expect from anti-Hezbollah people to reply:
"You are an idiot, you are a farsi, you are brainwashed, you are a traitor, you are a regime loyalist, etc..."
09 April 2013, 18:29
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gcb1- Tex makes a good point on the location of the funerals. If these fighters were living in the areas of the funeral then how can they be "protecting their own homes that lie on the border" as the explanation given by hassan? are we going to change the rhetoric to HA members from all over Lebanon have decided to take it upon themselves to go to the border towns to protect their fellow shiites from ethnic cleansing? What happened to the chain of command? Does HA not have control over its soldiers? They get to choose for themselves without consent when and where to fight? I find a lot of the rhetoric to be BS on why and how they are dying in Syria. Sometimes it's recognizing the little inconsistencies in statements that reveal the entire lie. Just my thoughts.
09 April 2013, 18:40
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@lebanonfirst
Perhaps, and the argument is not entirely unreasonable. However, holding a funeral of one person in a certain place does not mean that person was always residing in the location of the funeral. Furthermore, it is entirely possible that those living in border areas called upon their fellow comrades to assist in self-defense (assuming that Hezbollah's activities are only limited border self-defense).
I acknowledge that there are some questions that are left unanswered, but I still have not seen enough to jump to the strong conclusion that Hezbollah is actively aiding the "shabeeha".
There may be alot questions/inconsistencies surrounding the theory that Hezbollah members are defending themselves, but there is just as many questions/inconsistencies surrounding the theory that Hezbollah members are actively aiding the regime all across Syria. That is my main point.
09 April 2013, 18:41
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@peace
Such insults are not only limited to M8 supporters. Criticize both sides or criticize none.
09 April 2013, 18:55
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gcb1: stop defendig your friend just fr the sake of it a read his post... he is saying that all M14 posts containing insults are never banned but M8 ones are...
so the same lecturing you just did applies to you
09 April 2013, 19:01
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@peace
"Such insults are not only limited to M8 supporters"
Read that again, and a few more times. I just acknowledged that some M8 supporters use these immature insults, but that there are also some M14 supporters too that do that. It is not just one side. So how exactly am I "defending my friend"?
09 April 2013, 19:55
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gcb1- The way I see it is HA is helping in key areas and are systematically picking and choosing when and where they help. Especially in areas and routes used to flow weapons from Iran to HA. This defending of border town homes is bull crap! I believe the numbers are blown out of proportion by the opposing side (ie. 5000 HA fighters are in syria) and it is backfiring as they are unrealistic.
