Northern Citizen Killed Fighting with Nusra Front in Syria
A Lebanese who hails from northern Lebanon was killed in Syria while combating alongside the al-Qaida-affiliated al-Nusra Front.
He was identified as Mustafa Khaled Seif, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5), adding that he was killed in the Deir Ezzour region.
Al-Manar television said that he was fighting with the Nusra Front.
He hailed from the town of Adweh in the Minieh-Dinnieh region in the North and was residing in the Mankoubin area of the northern city of Tripoli before heading to Syria about a year ago.
On Wednesday, VDL (93.3) reported that Lebanese Abou Quthaifa al-Traboulsi was killed in Syria's town of Kobane while fighting with the Islamic State jihadist group.
On March 2, Hassan Ghandour of the southern city of Sidon was reported to have been killed in Syria.
A number of Lebanese from Tripoli, Sidon, and the North have joined extremist groups involved in the conflict in Syria that erupted in 2011.
Hizbullah is meanwhile combating alongside the country's ruling regime.
M.T.
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