Reports: Hizbullah Kills, Wounds Several Nusra Militants in Arsal Outskirts
Hizbullah on Wednesday targeted a group of militants from al-Nusra Front in the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, media reports said.
Hizbullah's al-Manar TV said several jihadists from the Qaida-linked group were killed and many others were wounded when Hizbullah fighters bombed them in the Dahr al-Hawa area in Arsal's outskirts.
On Monday, Hizbullah fighters launched an attack against a post for the extremist Islamic State groups in the outskirts of the town of Ras Baalbek, near Arsal, killing and wounding several militants.
Militants from the al-Nusra and the IS are entrenched in mountainous regions along the porous Lebanese-Syrian border.
The Lebanese army regularly shells their positions and Hizbullah fighters have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.
In August 2014, the IS and al-Nusra waged a major attack and overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in the wake of the arrest of a senior militant.
The two groups withdrew after deadly battles with the army but took with them around 30 hostages from the Lebanese army and police of whom four were eventually executed.
Y.R.
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