Syria State TV: Regime Took Last Rebel Bastion Near Qusayr
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Regime forces have retaken the village of Eastern Bweida from insurgents, Syrian state television said on Saturday, four days after the nearby rebel bastion of Qusayr fell to the army and Hizbullah.
"Our heroic troops have restored safety and security in Eastern Bweida," the channel said.
The village was the last insurgent-held area in the Qusayr area, and hundreds of people who fled Qusayr as it fell on Wednesday had taken refuge there.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was concerned for the fate of hundreds of fighters and civilians, among them wounded people.
"Where are the hundreds of civilians and wounded people who fled Qusayr and took refuge in Eastern Bweida? We have no news," Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told Agence France Presse.
He said it was currently impossible to reach any of Observatory contacts in the area.
State TV broadcast footage of a barren village devoid of signs of life. Its correspondent warned of the presence of explosive devices in the area.
Hizbullah also announced the news of Eastern Bweida's fall on its own television channel, al-Manar.
Its correspondent said: "Qusayr's countryside is finished... The army has taken back the whole Qusayr region.
"The regime staged a war of nerves by bombarding (Eastern Bweida) all night long," the reporter said.
"We have entered a new phase" in the conflict, he added.
Scores of people have poured this week into the majority Sunni town of Arsal in northeastern Lebanon, a local official there told AFP.
"Some 30 families arrived today from the Qusayr area," Ahmed al-Hujairi of Arsal municipality told AFP.
"Their situation is very bad -- they arrived exhausted. They have nothing. Some came here on foot," al-Hujairi said, adding that the local authorities were short of funds and were "only managing to provide basic assistance.”
08 June 2013, 12:55
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Let hezballot enjoy Qusair, the Japanese once enjoyed Pearl harbor
08 June 2013, 13:36
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Homs, Aleppo, eastern Syria ... it is far from over but the picture is clear. Unless the US-NATO forces get fully involved on the ground breaking international law and UN resolutions Assad will survive ...
08 June 2013, 19:35
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Assad bombing civilians and shooting in demonstrators is in line with the law?
08 June 2013, 11:48
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Much fanfare, but it's probably far from over. Conventional clashes over, the next stage is the gruesome lone wolf attacks which are far worse. Hope not.
08 June 2013, 12:16
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It's not full time yet , not until the Free Savage Animals ( FSA / Al Nusra ) are driven out to deep sea with their Idol UBL !!! For good . Finnish these Cannibals off !!!
08 June 2013, 12:26
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It's quite ironic when they say "restored safety and security". What safety is left amid all the rubles and destruction?
08 June 2013, 12:29
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Rubble can be cleaned up and destruction reconstructed, but the stench will remain, re-ignitable by a spark...
08 June 2013, 16:05
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Personally, I do not believe such claims by the... well... umm... duh... falling? "ASSad" regime until they are confirmed by the know-it-all Lebanese NostraDamsels, namely: NostraAllouchti, NostraPeace, NostraBenzona, NostraPrimeSuspect, wonderkid NostraHarrier, NostraGeha, NostraGabbyMarch14, NostraMustafaO'3amYeghliGhali and last but not least NostraDrArreet7akeh himself, the grand kahuna of all Nostras, collectively known as Drs. Arteena Satleh.
08 June 2013, 16:17
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enjoy the victory while you can....almost half of the country is still in rebel hands and these regime pigs will never take it all back...
08 June 2013, 16:43
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Idris
when you start a revolution always you have to know the end game
just like a lawyer when they question a witness they know the answer, when this so called rebels are so divided and they rely on corrupt regimes for help, that's a telling sign of defeat and destruction of a beautiful country
08 June 2013, 18:32
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BS, they never wanted a armed revolution. It was forced upon them by the regime who opened fired on and tortured peaceful protesters. And don't talk to me about corrupt regimes, Syria is the most corrupt in the arab world.
08 June 2013, 21:43
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Idris my friend, you are one naïve person
why would anyone follow a dictators order, like all the people of middle east everyone has sold their soul to a devil, will it be west or east.
as to the matter of corruption, if you think Syria is the most corrupt, than you haven't seen anything, I've been in Europe , USA. south America you should see corruption, but then again we are talking to a naïve person who believes everything their leader tells them
09 June 2013, 02:02
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what in god's name are you talking about? you think the syrian regime is not corrupt? you deny that they are murderers of innocent men women and children? any gov't that does to its people what they did in houla and banias (just to name 2) needs to be crushed. call me naive if u wish, I support justice and truth
08 June 2013, 18:07
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Doesn't reallymatter who is finished and who is not.
If Assad wins, he will retake Lebanon under the guise of protecting Syria from the terror threat that Lebanon poses.
If Fsa wins, thy will want revenge on hizballah.
Both cases, Lebanon is screwed. Also with all security resources including hizballah stretched in Syria, te country is exposed and the Israelis can just stroll in unhindered.
Good job nassy
08 June 2013, 18:37
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If the rest of Lebanon cooperated against the traitors of Hezbollah then the situation could be resolved. And why would Israel want to just stroll into Lebanon? They have no business in Lebanon unless they are attacked by groups like Hezbollah.
08 June 2013, 19:19
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Stay tuned: the rest of Syria is coming up! Qusayr is only the beginning of the tide change.
09 June 2013, 04:21
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How many times did Qusayr fall so far? Seems every few days it falls again. But I guess when you can't take a town bigger than an apartment complex you have to keep mentioning it every day.
