Hizbullah Says Its Fighters Bombed IS Positions in Ras Baalbek
Hizbullah fighters have reportedly launched an attack against Islamic State positions entrenched in the outskirts of the border town of Ras Baalbek, killing and wounding several, Hizbullah's al-Manar said in a tweet on Friday.
“Fighters of the Resistance have targeted with missiles the positions of the Islamic State group in Choabat al-Khabieh on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek,” said al-Manar.
“Several IS militants were killed and others were injured,” it added.
Militants from the al-Qaida-linked, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, and the Islamic State group are entrenched in rugged mountains along the Lebanese-Syrian border.
The Lebanese army regularly shells their positions while Hizbullah and the Syrian army have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.
The two groups overran the northeastern border town of Arsal in 2014 and engaged in deadly battles with the Lebanese army for several days.
The retreating militants abducted around 35 troops and policemen of whom four have been executed and nine remain in captivity.
Source: Naharnet
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