Sunday, 2 June 2013

Assault on Qusyr city continues: Syrian rebels in deadly fight with Hezbolla.

As many as 15 rebels and one member of Lebanon's Hezbollah group killed followin a face-to-face battle  inside Lebanon, east of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley,  between Lebanese fighters  and Syrian rebels on Sunday night.
The Syrian internal conflict has disseminated to adjacent Lebanon while rockets hit the Bekaa Valley and Beirut's southern suburbs.
Syrian rebels said that they would take on Hezbollah in a retaliation to its support for Bashar al-Assad's assault on Qusayr, which is reckoned among the strategic towns for rebels to supply weapons and fighters to come from Lebanon into Syria.
Reports said that the latest confrontation started following the setting up of rocket launchers close to Baalbek by Hezbollah fighters.
Al Jazeera Beirut correspondent said that It was the first face-to-face clash between rebels and Hezbollah fighters inside Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the Syrian government has admitted to indulge to calls from international aid groups to evacuate the  civilians trapped in the flashpoint Syrian city of Qusayr, as rebel fighters faced a fresh assault from Syrian army.
Syrian foreign minister has said that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) would be allowed to enter  Qusayr for charity activities as military operations are over.
Different countries,including Russia and Britain, have condemned the assault which is being held on Qusayr.  UN agencies along with the ICRC appealed to both sides to let the civilians to leave the town.

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