Nusra Chief in Qalamoun Threatens to 'Enter Shiite Villages' in Lebanon
Abou Malek al-Talli, the so-called emir of al-Nusra Front's Qalamloun branch, has threatened to invade border towns in Lebanon's Bekaa region in retaliation to Hizbullah's military intervention in Syria.
“You are leading Lebanon into the abyss,” al-Talli said in an interview with MTV, addressing Hizbullah.
The interview was conducted in a region on the Lebanese-Syrian border by MTV reporter Hussein Khreis, who accompanied the families of the Lebanese servicemen held by al-Nusra on a visit to their loved ones.
“Do you think the families of the Syrian victims will remain silent?” the Nusra leader added.
“We will enter Lebanon and take revenge on the Shiite villages,” he threatened.
The relatives of the servicemen were allowed to visit them for the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
The servicemen were abducted from Arsal in August last year after al-Nusra and the Islamic State group stormed the northeastern border town and engaged in bloody battles with the Lebanese army.
A few of the captives have since been released, four were executed, while the rest remain held by the two groups.
Hizbullah has dispatched fighters to bolster the Syrian regime against an Islamist-led uprising. The Lebanese party and Syrian forces have managed to recapture most of the regions on Lebanon's border.
A major offensive is currently underway to retake the strategic border town of Zabadani.
Y.R.
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