Islamic State 'Emir' Killed in Arsal

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Islamic State 'emir', Ahmed Wahid al-Abed, was killed in a bomb explosion in the northeastern town of Arsal, LBCI reported on Tuesday.

Al-Abed, a Syrian hailing from al-Jarajir town in al-Qalamoun, was killed in a bomb explosion in the outskirts of Arsal, it added.

Militants from IS and Fateh al-Sham Front -- formerly al-Qaida's Syria affiliate al-Nusra Front -- are entrenched in rugged areas along the undemarcated Lebanese-Syrian border and the army regularly shells their posts while Hizbullah and the Syrian army have engaged in clashes with them on the Syrian side of the border.

The two groups briefly overran the town of Arsal in August 2014 before being ousted by the army after days of deadly battles.

The retreating militants abducted more than 30 troops and policemen of whom four have been executed and nine remain in the captivity of the IS group.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 15
Thumb the_roar 07 February 2017, 09:37

Another blow to the freedom fighters of the Gulfies.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 07 February 2017, 10:18

Another dishonest statement from Iranian trolls

Thumb the_roar 07 February 2017, 10:51

Iranian troll? lol you are a hoot!

I regard Iran, Saudi & all the oilies as the same.

But you continue with your narrow minded garbage.

Thumb justin 07 February 2017, 11:06

Iranian troll and a half.

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 07 February 2017, 11:19

Thank you the-wimper for proving my point that you are dishonest. I have never seen you criticising Iran and its supporters

Thumb the_roar 07 February 2017, 11:26

then you fail to read honestly but rather your own brainwashed views.
You guys put a thumbs down & reply without even reading the post.

For the record I think Iran is equally as pitiful as saudi & its oily friends.

How about you condemn the saudi's?

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 07 February 2017, 13:38

I have condemned and condemn Saudi executions, human rights violations, lack of transparency and at times the callous ways they bombed civilian areas (according to HRW and AI some of the raids qualify as war crimes). I also condemned the Houthis and Saleh for their coup, their calous bombardment of civilian areas (also according to HRW and AI quality as war crimes)

I did not see you condemn the mass killings and the industrial scale executions by the Syrian regime. Are you going to do so?

Thumb the_roar 07 February 2017, 14:03

I condemn the slaughter,inhuman treatment of any innocent person.
By anyone, period...unlike you I don't drive an agenda.

Its a shame you never understood my original post.

Not only did I condemn Syria but the entire world who is doing it & the rest who careless..no accountability. be it the U.S, U.K, China, Saudi, Syria or whoever else.

People are stoned or hanged everyday without fair trials in Iran or saudi yet I should just condemn Syria?

Yes I condemn Syria but make sure you join me in pouring scorn on the rest who create suffering without so much as the rest of the world flinching. Lets hold everyone accountable..then I will agree you believe in human rights

Thumb Mystic 07 February 2017, 16:27

Well the ISIS are the people of "force" that the Gulf wanted to remove the Resistance with.

Guess what, they failed.
The Gulf failed. Rifi is crying everyday about it, he failed to do anything.

Thumb Spotter 07 February 2017, 19:25

one and a a quarter trolls tagged and logged

Missing ArabDemocrat.com 07 February 2017, 20:13

The_roar. I have never seen you condemning the crimes of the Assad regime and when you write always try to defend the regime or cast doubts about its crimes. I will keep tab and log all your interventions when I see them. As for the other Assadist trolls, keep lying as this is the only weapons you have and you have been shown countless times to be liars.

Thumb gigahabib 07 February 2017, 13:33

And Naharnet March 14 commentators are in mourning.

Thumb Elemental 07 February 2017, 23:26

In your mind, I'm sure.

Thumb gigahabib 09 February 2017, 19:49

No, just here in this comment section.

Thumb Elemental 07 February 2017, 23:02

Nice news! But that's only half the problem. Need to deal with the Iranian extremists as well as ISIS trash, as they are both extremist trash.