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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Arsal

Illustrative: A Hezbollah fighter is seen standing at attention in an orange field near the town of Naqura on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 20, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JOSEPH EID)
July 21, 2017, 5:41 pm
Syrian army and Hezbollah launch attack near Lebanese border
Military operations directed against terror groups after failed negotiations
By AP
Lebanese security forces secure the site of multiple suicide bombings which took place early on June 27, 2016 in the predominantly Christian village of Al-Qaa, in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria. (AFP/ STRINGER)
July 3, 2016, 12:53 am
Hezbollah says it killed IS commander in Lebanon
Jihadist commander for attack-stricken Qaa region near Syria border died in rocket attack, group reports
By AP
Lebanese troops deploy in the eastern town of Arsal near the Syrian border on August 28, 2014. (AFP/STR/file)
June 9, 2015, 1:46 pm
Hezbollah and Islamic State tussle in Lebanon
Battle marks second time in a week the Syrian civil war has spilled over the border
By AP and ToI Staff
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah addressing supporters via satellite link during a rally in the southern Lebanese border village of Aita in August 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 21, 2014, 11:20 pm
Hezbollah drones wreak havoc on Syrian rebel bases
At least 23 fighters from the extremist al-Nusra Front reported killed in first-of-its-kind assault near Arsal
By Adiv Sterman
Lebanese troops deploy in the eastern town of Arsal near the Syrian border on August 28, 2014. (AFP/STR/file)
September 19, 2014, 3:17 pm
Rocket fire kills 2 Lebanese soldiers near Syrian border
Attack follows arrest of suspected terror cell in region that has seen fierce fighting between Lebanon army, Syrian rebels
By AP and AFP
Hezbollah fighters in military uniform carry the coffin of one of their own, Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the town of Qusair, Syria, in May, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
September 15, 2014, 11:12 pm
Hezbollah vows to destroy Islamic State in Syria
Official from Shiite group says fighters will remain in war-torn country until jihadists are completely stamped out
By Adiv Sterman
Hezbollah deputy secretary general Naim Qassem (photo credit: AP/Grace Kassab)
September 9, 2014, 10:44 am
Hezbollah leader skeptical of US move against Islamic State
Naim Qassem says Washington is only fighting Sunni jihadists in Iraq to further its own interests in the region
By Elhanan Miller
The 'Burn ISIS Flag Challenge' (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
September 7, 2014, 7:30 pm
#Burn ISIS Flag Challenge goes viral
Lebanese social media ablaze with videos, as justice minister orders a crackdown due to the banner’s religious slogan
By Marissa Newman
Lebanese soldiers at a military base at Beirut International Airport on August 29, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Anwar Amro)
September 1, 2014, 8:39 pm
Body of slain soldier returned to Lebanese Army
Remains of decapitated fighter brought to military checkpoint; DNA tests to be performed to confirm identity
By AP
Lebanese troops stand guard in a street on August 9, 2014, in the eastern Lebanese town of Arsal, on the border with Syria. (photo credit: AFP/STR)
August 18, 2014, 1:29 pm
Lebanon asks US for combat planes to battle jihadists
Request comes alongside call for munitions to restock supplies after heavy clashes in east, near Syrian border
By ToI Staff and AFP
Lebanese citizens in the back of a pickup truck flee Arsal, a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
August 6, 2014, 11:17 am
New clashes break out in Lebanon border town
24-hour cleric-mediated truce collapses as Syrian rebels open fire on Lebanese troops in Arsal
By AP
Lebanese citizens in the back of a pickup truck flee Arsal, a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
August 5, 2014, 12:24 pm
Lebanese army battles Syrian rebels holding town
Thousands of civilians flee area as militants battling Assad make first large scale incursion across border
By AP
Illustrative photo of Syrian refugees, May 29, 2014 (AFP/Anwar Amro)
June 1, 2014, 10:09 pm
Syria refugees in Lebanon protest ‘blood election’
Two days ahead of the presidential poll, displaced Syrians rally to remove Bashar Assad from power
By AFP
A Lebanese man holds part of an exploded rocket that hit a house in the predominately Shiite town of Labweh, near the border with Syria, northeast Lebanon, Monday March 17, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
March 18, 2014, 10:25 pm
In Syrian spillover, hostilities swell in Lebanon
Sunnis show signs of growing resentment toward Shiite group Hezbollah for its involvement in civil war
By Diaa Hadid
Ibrahim, 18, a Syrian rebel who lost one of his eyes during a battle against government forces and Hezbollah fighters in Rima village near Yabroud, lies on his bed as his aunt helps him to put hat on his head, at a makeshift hospital in the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Arsal, eastern Lebanon on Wdnesday, March 5, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)
March 7, 2014, 2:36 am
Syria-Lebanon frontier blurs as battle for key city rages
Hezbollah, Sunni fighters flow into Yabroud, Syria, while rebels make nearby Lebanese town a strategic base
By Barbara Surk
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