Nusra Front Captures 3 Hizbullah Fighters in Syria
The al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front announced on Saturday the capture of a number of Hizbullah fighters in Syria.
It said via its Twitter account that three Hizbullah fighters were capture in Reef Aleppo in Syria.
It identified the detainees as Mohammed Mehdi Shoaib and Moussa Qurani, both from southern Lebanon, and Hassan Nazih Taha from al-Hermel from the Bekaa.
A number of other party members were killed in combat in the area, it revealed.
Hizbullah fighters have been combating alongside the Syrian regime against an uprising that broke out in the country 2011.
What started as a peaceful uprising turned violent when the regime adopted force to stifle the revolt.
Hizbullah acknowledged its involvement in the fighting in 2012.
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