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Hezbollah Returns Bodies of Martyrs in a Truce Deal after Arsal Outskirts Victory

Hezbollah Returns Bodies of Martyrs in a Truce Deal after Arsal Outskirts Victory
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Hezbollah returned the bodies of five of its martyred fighters in exchange of nine corpses of terrorists belonging to the Takfiri Nusra Front, along the Lebanese-Syrian border in the first stage of a settlement to bring back order to a contested frontier zone.

Hezbollah Returns Bodies of Martyrs in a Truce Deal after Arsal Outskirts Victory

The exchange deal was carried out on Sunday, following two weeks of fierce battles along the mountainous border, as part of a border ceasefire deal between the two sides that came into effect on Thursday.

The truce was agreed on after Hezbollah fighters dealt a heavy blow to the militants in Lebanon's rugged Arsal region bordering Syria. At least 150 militants of the Takfiri group were killed in the Hezbollah operation aimed at preventing the spillover of the Syria war.

The ceasefire agreement involves the departure of all militants of the terrorist Nusra Front from the region around Arsal along with any of the civilians, living in Arsal's refugee camps, who wish to leave the border zone with them.

The resistance fighters are expected to launch a similar offensive against an enclave controlled by the Takfiri Daesh [the Arabic acronym for ‘ISIS/ISIL'] terrorist group near Arsal.

The Arsal area was hit hard by the spillover of the Syria crisis in 2014, when militants managed to overrun the town for a brief period. About 45,000 Syrian refugees, registered with the UN, live in the town but more are believed to be living in camps in the Juroud [outskirts] area, although their numbers have not been confirmed.

The second phase of the deal will take place on Monday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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