Syrian army targets Nusra front group on Syrian-Lebanese border - military handout

Record ID: 903605

  • Title: Syrian army targets Nusra front group on Syrian-Lebanese border - military handout
  • Date: 21st July 2017
  • Summary: LABWE, LEBANON (JULY 21, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LEBANESE ARMY VEHICLES PATROLLING ROAD (NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE BORDER TOWN OF ARSAL) VARIOUS OF ARSAL MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM LABWE MOSQUE IN ARSAL AS SEEN FROM LABWE VARIOUS OF ARSAL MOUNTAINS AS SEEN FROM LABWE TRAFFIC DRIVING ALONG ROAD
  • Embargoed: 4th August 2017 14:33
  • Keywords: Mideast crisis Syria Lebanon Syrian-Lebanese border the Nusra Front group Hezbollah
  • Location: JUROUD ARSAL AND LABWE, LEBANON
  • City: JUROUD ARSAL AND LABWE, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026QNTWEF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive to drive insurgents out from their final foothold at the Syrian-Lebanese border on Friday (July 21), a pro-Damascus military commander said.
    The operation targeted insurgents from the Nusra Front group in the mountainous outskirts of the Lebanese town of Arsal and areas near the Syrian town of Fleita, the commander said.
    The Lebanese army, a recipient of U.S. and British military support, deployed reinforcements on the outskirts of Arsal in anticipation of the operation this week to prevent militants from crossing into Lebanon.
    Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said Nusra militants were under attack in Juroud Arsal and in areas near the Syrian town of Fleita.
    Hezbollah, a Shi'ite group backed by Iran, has played a critical part in previous campaigns against insurgents along the border, part of the much wider role it has played supporting President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian war.
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