Video put online by a Hezbollah affiliated media group appears to show drones dropping bombs on positions in Syria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG-j3lxHn1c
On Saturday, Hezbollah said it launched an operation against IS from the Syrian side of the border, where its fighters are battling alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s army against rebels.
The Lebanese army denied any coordination with Hezbollah or the Syrian army.
Hezbollah’s War Media outlet said its fighters and Syrian troops had “managed to liberate 87 square kilometres of the total area controlled by the Daesh organisation… in western Qalamun region” of Syria on Saturday alone.
On Sunday, the SITE Intelligence Group reported an IS claim that the jihadists had killed “nearly 100 Lebanese soldiers and Hezbollah fighters amidst clashes in western Qalamoun.”
— with AFP
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