Hizbullah Kills 'IS Religious Judge' in Ras Baalbek Outskirts as Army Targets Top Militant

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A senior official of the jihadist Islamic State group was killed Tuesday in a Hizbullah operation on the Lebanese-Syrian border, the party's TV channel reported.

“IS religious judge in Qalamoun, Abu Abdullah Amer, has been killed in a special operation by the mujahideen of the resistance in Ras Baalbek's outskirts,” al-Manar television said.

Al-Manar said a roadside bomb was detonated as Amer's convoy was passing in Ras Baalbek's outskirts to inspect some IS military posts.

Hizbullah fighters then blew up a second bomb in another location against IS militants who moved to recover Amer's body. A top official was critically wounded as several militants were injured, al-Manar said.

Later on Tuesday, the army announced targeting an IS vehicle traveling in the Khirbet Daoud area of Ras Baalbek's outskirts with a “guided missile.”

“The vehicle was destroyed as four militants, including a field commander, were killed,” the army added.

State-run National News Agency identified the senior IS official as Abu Jassem Flita.

On Thursday, several IS militants were killed as Hizbullah shelled their movements as they tried to infiltrate the outskirts of the Bekaa border town of al-Qaa.

A day earlier, Hizbullah killed a senior commander of the Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front and eight of his men in an attack on their convoy in the outskirts of the Lebanese border town fo Arsal.

Militants from the IS and al-Nusra are entrenched in mountainous regions along the porous Lebanese-Syrian border.

The Lebanese army regularly shells their positions and Hizbullah fighters have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.

The fighters of the two extremist groups had stormed Arsal in August 2014 and engaged in bloody battles with Lebanese troops and policemen.

They eventually withdrew after a ceasefire but took with them over 30 hostages from the army and the police, of whom four have been executed.

Sixteen Lebanese servicemen were freed in a swap deal with al-Nusra earlier this month.

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Comments 4
Thumb _mowaten_ 15 December 2015, 17:38

and yet, tomorrow we'll still be hearing from texassusa that "HA never fought daesh"

Missing CFTC 15 December 2015, 19:06

@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement " HA never fought daesh ". Thank you Thank you

Thumb shab 15 December 2015, 21:48

Why is this news ?

Default-user-icon ub4 (Guest) 16 December 2015, 01:14

you guys really dnt have a life you're commenting here every day