{"id":606,"date":"2017-08-24T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2017-08-24T18:52:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T18:52:14","slug":"daesh-terrorists-under-siege-along-syria-lebanon-border-hezbollah-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/daesh-terrorists-under-siege-along-syria-lebanon-border-hezbollah-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Daesh terrorists under siege along Syria, Lebanon border: Hezbollah chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\">\u062e\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u0642\u06cc<\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; width: 565px;\" readability=\"93\">\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Thursday when addressing supporters of the resistance movement through a televised speech broadcast live from the Lebanese capital, Beirut \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tNasrallah also touched upon the Lebanese army\u2019s counter-terrorism operations against Takfiri militants in Ras Baalbek\u00a0village and Christian-majority town of\u00a0al-Qaa, located in the Bekaa region of northern\u00a0Lebanon\u00a0and on the border with Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tAt the beginning of his address, the Lebanese Hezbollah leader said main goals of anti-Daesh operations included to secure Lebanon\u2019s border with Syria and also to determine the fate of Lebanese soldiers taken into captivity by terrorist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHe added that another goal of the operation was to gain full control over western border of Lebanon and entirely drive out Daesh terrorists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tNasrallah noted that 100 square kilometers of land previously under Daesh control has been liberated so far and only 20 square kilometers were under terrorists\u2019 control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe Hezbollah chief over 160 square kilometers on the Syrian side of the border was under Daesh control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHe noted that the operation actually targeted over 310 square kilometers on the Syrian side of the border, adding that up to today, 270 square kilometers of those areas had been liberated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHe stated that about 40 square kilometers on Syrian side was still under Daesh control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tOn August 19, Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an operation to purge Daesh from Qalamoun, located about 330\u00a0kilometers\u00a0north of the Syrian capital Damascus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHezbollah launched a major push on July 21 to clear both sides of Lebanon&#8217;s border with Syria of\u00a0\u201carmed terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tIn August 2014, the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and Daesh terrorist groups overran Arsal, killing a number of Lebanese forces. They took 30 soldiers hostage, most of whom have been released.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tSince then, Hezbollah and\u00a0the Lebanese military have been defending Lebanon on the country\u2019s northeastern frontier against foreign-backed terrorist groups from neighboring Syria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tHezbollah fighters have fended off several Daesh attacks inside Lebanon. They have also been providing assistance to Syrian army forces to counter the ongoing foreign-sponsored militancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tThe movement has accused Israel of supporting Takfiri terrorists operating in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">\n\t\t\tIsrael, which continues to occupy Lebanon\u2019s Shebaa Farms and Syria\u2019s Golan Heights, is widely reported to be offering medical help to Takfiri terrorists injured in Syria. In December 2015, British newspaper the\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0said Israel had saved the lives of more than 2,000 Takfiri militants since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u062e\u0628\u0631\u06af\u0632\u0627\u0631\u06cc \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0634\u0631\u0642\u06cc Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made the remarks on Thursday when addressing supporters of the resistance movement through a televised speech broadcast live from the Lebanese capital, Beirut \u00a0 Nasrallah also touched upon the Lebanese army\u2019s counter-terrorism operations against Takfiri militants in Ras Baalbek\u00a0village and Christian-majority town of\u00a0al-Qaa, located in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[638],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.7 - 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