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Hezbollah Punishes Jihadists Near Border With Syria

July 24 2017

Lebanon

The Syrian army and Hezbollah militants have taken control of a strategic valley along the Syria-Lebanon border, reports Reuters.

On Friday, the Syrian army and its Lebanon-based Hezbollah allies launched an offensive. The operation was aimed at former Al-Qaida affiliate Nursa Front in the Wadi al-Kheil valley in Juroud Arsal, a mountainous border area between Syria and Lebanon, noted the New York Times. The area has been used a base by various Islamists in recent years.

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