Report: Nusra Captures Three Hizbullah Fighters in Qalamun
Al-Nusra Front reportedly captured three Hizbullah fighters in the border region of Qalamun in Syria, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported on Tuesday.
The daily identified the three Hizbullah members as Hassan Mansour, Ali al-Husseini and Mohammed Abbas.
However, Hizbullah didn't deny or confirm the report.
Hizbullah has dispatched fighters to battle alongside the Syrian regime against rebels seeking the overthrow of President Bashar Assad.
Regime forces recaptured most of the Qalamun region in April, with many rebel fighters withdrawing from the strategic area or slipping across the border in Lebanon.
But pockets of opposition fighters, including jihadists, have remained in the mountainous region.
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