Reports: 'Fierce Clashes' between Hizbullah, Regime Forces in Aleppo

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Verbal disputes between Hizbullah and its ally the Syrian army escalated into unprecedented “fierce clashes” in the past two days in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, a media report said on Friday.

“Several fighters from both sides were killed, amid reports that groups of Hizbullah fighters were bombed by regime warplanes,” the Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat reported.

And as Syrian opposition source noted that “it is not the first time that the two allies engage in clashes,” the Syrian opposition's National Coalition official Samir Nashar told the newspaper that “the fighting resulted from an exchange of sectarian insults and mutual accusations of betrayal on the battlefield.”

The clashes led to “the death of an officer and seven members of the regime forces, who responded by shelling the Nubol and al-Zahraa area in the northern countryside,” Nashar said, adding that the fighting also “spread to Aleppo's southern countryside, especially the al-Hader region and the areas around Khan Touman.”

Another National Coalition source told Asharq al-Awsat that “the disputes between the two sides are not new.”

“They are the result of Hizbullah's acting as an occupation force in addition to its prevention of regime troops – who have a habit of trashing and robbing houses – from approaching or entering the areas that fall under the control” of the regime and its allies, the source said.

Separately, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported Friday that at least 14 Hizbullah fighters have been killed and 20 others wounded in 72 hours of clashes with the Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front, Islamist fighters and rebels in Aleppo's southern countryside.

Hizbullah's intervention in the conflict alongside regime forces has helped Damascus achieve several military victories and allowed the party to clear most of the Lebanese-Syrian border region from rebels and jihadists.

Since 2013, the Lebanese, Iran-backed party has sent thousands of combatants -- between 5,000 and 6,000, according to the expert on Hizbullah Waddah Sharara -- to help the regime fight both rebels and jihadists.

They send 2,000 fighters at a time in rotation, Sharara says.

Experts say Hizbullah has lost 1,000 to 2,000 fighters in the conflict, including senior commanders.

Y.R.

Comments 22
Thumb kayveman 17 June 2016, 14:56

The day we have all been waiting for.

Thumb EagleDawn 17 June 2016, 15:07

I am starting to like President Assad;)! good work Mr. President;)))

Thumb ashtah 17 June 2016, 15:37

حلب.. أسير جديد لحزب الله في يد الثوار وأكثر من 30 قتيلاً للميليشيات

تمكن جيش الفتح من أسر عنصر ينتمي لميليشيا حزب الله اللبناني أثناء إحباط محاولة تقدمهم على بلدة خلصة، حيث نشر جيش الفتح على موقعه في تويتر صورة للأسير.

http://orient-news.net/ar/news_show/115252/0/حلب-أسير-جديد-لحزب-الله-في-يد-الثوار-وأكثر-من-قتيلاً-للميليشيات

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 17 June 2016, 17:35

hopefully they will give him a taste of his own medicine.

Thumb i.report 17 June 2016, 15:52

“They are the result of Hizbullah's acting as an occupation force in addition to its prevention of regime troops – who have a habit of trashing and robbing houses – from approaching or entering the areas that fall under the control” of the regime and its allies, the source said.

Thumb chrisrushlau 17 June 2016, 16:08

Women are people too, in most religions.

Thumb ex-fpm 17 June 2016, 16:13

except in your cult, they are mot.

Thumb ex-fpm 17 June 2016, 16:16

not*

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 17 June 2016, 17:21

shia are not lebanese. They are iranians, fyi.

Thumb gigahabib 17 June 2016, 17:55

"the Saudi daily Asharq al-Awsat reported" LOOOOL!

Thumb barrymore 17 June 2016, 18:12

keep laughing

Thumb Mystic 17 June 2016, 20:27

I laughed too when I read it earlier. Real desperate Saudi rumors.

Thumb smarty 18 June 2016, 01:01

Jerry, do you have a link? I would enjoy watching it on Saturday night, so better than cinema!

Thumb liberty 18 June 2016, 04:08

@smarty i found the link that @justin posted 2 days ago on this article :
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/211560-cabinet-shuns-state-security-topic-as-mashnouq-raises-blom-blast-issue

"justin 2 days ago
بالفيديو: صاروخ “تاو” يحصد 8 قتلى من “حزب الله”
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2016/06/16/hezbollah_syria/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXCuoF1PIw

Thumb smarty 18 June 2016, 04:34

oh my oh my, thank you for this nice moment of entertainment. I certainly wasn't expecting this beauty. thank you for providing the links, it was epic!

Thumb gigahabib 17 June 2016, 17:56

"the Syrian opposition's National Coalition official Samir Nashar told the newspaper" Double loool!

Missing peace 17 June 2016, 18:23

article true or not, the thing is that hezbis never believe that their divine army can suffer casualties... always barking to deny any deaths! LOLLLL

and sure aleppo is a lebanese village that they went to defend! LOLLLLLLL

Missing peace 17 June 2016, 20:48

if they didn't mind they would be transparent about their losses but they prefer to remain silent on the subject... bad for their propaganda and afraid chias may say enough!

Missing humble 18 June 2016, 01:09

I really pity the brainwashed guys who do not see the dismayal and downfall of Ebola all over the world...

Missing humble 18 June 2016, 01:18

Evilness always end-up badly.

Missing humble 18 June 2016, 01:22

Since they love Syria so much, this is my suggestion:
Keep your mercenaries in Syria and when the Butcher creates his Alawistan you can take the Southern part of Syria and create a Shiistan. It is a huge land much bigger than the South of Lebanon.

Thumb liberty 18 June 2016, 05:34

يشار في هذا السياق الى ان معلومات موثوقاً بها توافرت أمس عن سقوط أكثر من 20 قتيلاً في صفوف مقاتلي "حزب الله " في جنوب حلب في اليومين الاخيرين بينهم فتى في السابعة عشرة من عمره، وذلك عقب نصب مكمن لهم وعدم توافر غطاء جوي روسي لقوة من الحزب كانت في مهمة قتالية. كما وقع عدد من الاسرى في صفوف القوة. واعتبرت هذه الحصيلة الخسارة الكبرى للحزب في معركة واحدة منذ معارك القصير في أيار 2013.
http://newspaper.annahar.com/article/408110-أكثر-من-20-قتيلا-لحزب-الله-في-حلب-الحريري-يحمل-بعنف-على-مسلسل-التورط