المرصد السوري: حزب الله والحرس الجمهوري السوري يرسلان تعزيزات الى القصير

"a watchdog said on Wednesday"...

"according the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights"...

"Observatory chief Rami Abdul Rahman told Agence France Presse"...

"A source close to Hizbullah has said"...

Oh ok, everything is clearer now after those credible sources were mentioned.

Wow, I think Lebanese people didn't learn nothing from 15 years of Civil War... How much hate around.

In z end Mighty Bashar /Najaf/ n Sayed will winnn it all whether u like it or not...

As usual your thoughts are on line with reality.
Just as a lawyer, before he asks a question to a witness he knows the answer, The govermants who thought of this revolution in Syria, didn't know the end results, and because of that this supposed Arab spring is disintegrating right before there eyes, with the spilling of innocent lives

I guess Hizbullah did not hear the chief of staff Salim Idriss's 24-hour ultimatum he gave "hizbushaitan" two days ago! By the way, tomorrow will be 48 hours ago and then the following day will be 72 hours ago... you get the idea.

why muslim verses muslim fight.whats the reason because usa and israil wanted muslim fights and we only see.

Viens voir mon petit pays d'Europe dirigé par des socialistes et des libéraux.... C'est à gerber. Parfois je me dis que le totalitarisme à de bons côtés... Mais bon, tant que le génocidaire de Bachar est au pouvoir, rien de positif n'est concevable pour le Liban.

Because the Lebanese are arrogant self-righteous sheep.

What that happen each side will say we are defending our lives, property and honour!...hayhat ya abou elzoloof!

LOL yes the mighty syrian army with missiles tanks helicopters planes needed the help of foreign troops and the elite of its army to get rid of rebels... seems your assad is weaker than you thought! and why are hezbis there when assad said he didn t need any iranians nor hezbis?
and what about your claims a few weeks ago mocking us when we said hezbis are deeply involved you laughed at us saying they were only in "lebanese" border villages? that is was all BS from abdulrahman and the evil western countries!! that bashar was strong enough to fight a bunch of paid mercenaries...
see all the things you defend and try to prove people that you know everything turns out to be lies and pure propaganda that you repeat from your "objective" sources! hahaha!

Mowaten, the reason for the slow pace is because the city is rigged with anti-personnel and anti-tank mines and many quarters are in range of sniper fire. I'm not sold on the exact positions of rebels and pro-syrian factions, but from what I've seen, it may be likely that they will execute prone attacks on the town while guerilla elements infiltrate from other angles, that's the only explanation for the supposed positions. Hizbullah is leading the fray, and so it would be equally devastating, regardless of whether all rebels die if hizbullah's casualties amounted to more than a few hundred.

Furthermore, syrian rebels have not surrendered, I don't know where you read this, but the areas annexed by pro-syrian elements had the smallest concentration of rebels. You never position a defensive line so upfront when matched with airpower and artillery. it is likely that the mines, and IED's improvise layers of defense, similar to Iraq vs Iran.

numbers vary, but if they actually lost at-least 5% of their force (if the casualty numbers are correct), there is no way that this rate of attrition is sustainable in any offensive. It is likely that there are more than double that amount, especially when the Syrian army is also protecting against the flanks and rear of the offensive. That's only if the Syrian military has mobilized at least ten thousand, otherwise the hizbullah numbers would be almost four times the amount you gave.

Like Hizbullah's fighters, the Republican Guards have been trained in urban guerrilla warfare, he said.

Does anybody have the Arabic version of this statement? or where it can be found? It would be very stupid if this is actually what he said, Hizbullah is not properly trained for this kind of warfare. Hizbullah's upper hand, if that's what people want to call it, is its ability to make use of natural boundaries and cover temporarily, they have no ability to engage in close quarters. At some point they will need to rush in to take the city when faced with a shrinking timeline, and this is when aiming will matter most, which they will do poorly.

numbers vary, but if they actually lost at-least 5% of their force (if the casualty numbers are correct), there is no way that this rate of attrition is sustainable in any offensive. It is likely that there are more than double that amount, especially when the Syrian army is also protecting against the flanks and rear of the offensive. That's only if the Syrian military has mobilized at least ten thousand, otherwise the hizbullah numbers would be almost four times the amount you gave.