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A picture taken on July 26, 2017 during a tour guided by the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement shows members of the group manning an anti-aircraft gun mounted on a pick-up truck in a mountainous area around the Lebanese town of Arsal along the border with Syria. (AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO)

Base of Al-Nusra Leader is a Tunnel Dug by Palestinians in the 80s

by Hussein Darwish | Jul 28, 2017 | Middle East

Bekaa (East Lebanon)- The escape of al-Nusra Front’s emir Abu Malek al-Talli from al-Qalamoun in Lebanon’s Jurud Arsal uncovered that he was using a fortified tunnel that the Palestinian Resistance had dug in the 1980’s as its headquarter. The tunnel, around 400...

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A damaged SUV left behind by members of the al-Nusra Front in the fields of the Syrian border town of Aasal al-Ward, May 9, 2015. (AP)

‘Hezbollah’ Preparing for Military Operation on Syrian Border

by Hussein Darwish | Jul 9, 2017 | Middle East

Bekaa (eastern Lebanon) – “Hezbollah” will likely wage a new battle along the Lebanese-Syrian border in order to assert its control over the Syrian town of Fleita that lies near Lebanon’s northeastern region of Arsal. Lebanese sources stressed that the upcoming battle...

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Lebanese soldiers sit on top of an armoured vehicle entering the town of Arsal, near the Syrian border as they head to fight Islamist militants on August 4, 2014 on the third day of fierce fighting in the area. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

Hezbollah preparing for Arsal conflict intervention: source

by Hussein Darwish | Aug 5, 2014 | Middle East

Baalbek, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Lebanese army pressed ahead on Tuesday with its campaign to dislodge Islamist militants from the eastern city of Arsal, amid reports that Shi’ite militia Hezbollah is also mobilizing fighters in anticipation of the conflict spreading to...