Hundreds attend funeral for Hezbollah fighter killed at Syria-Lebanon border

Record ID: 903847

  • Title: Hundreds attend funeral for Hezbollah fighter killed at Syria-Lebanon border
  • Date: 24th July 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) LEBANESE MOTHER OF ANOTHER HEZBOLLAH FIGHTER KILLED AT SYRIA-LEBANON BORDER, AHMAD SABRA, SAYING: "We are proud of every martyr of ours. This is our pride and honour and those of all Muslims."
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2017 18:12
  • Keywords: Funeral of Hezbollah fighter Mohammed Chouaib mourners in Toul crowds carrying coffin Hezbollah fighter funeral Lebanon
  • Location: TOUL, LEBANON
  • City: TOUL, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0036R2VQYV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Hezbollah members and supporters, along with religious figures, attended on Monday (July 24) the funeral of Hezbollah fighter Mohammed Chouaib in the village of Toul in southern Lebanon, after he was killed in battle with Nusra Front jihadists at the Syria-Lebanon border.
    Chouaib's friend, Ahmad Sabra, was also killed a few days earlier in the same battle.
    The offensive has so far killed 19 Hezbollah combatants and more than 130 Sunni militants, according to a security source.
    Hezbollah said earlier on Monday the battle with Nusra Front jihadists was almost over and urged remaining insurgents in the area to give up, pressing its campaign to take their last foothold at the frontier.
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