Yedioth Ahronoth Comments on Arsal Exchange Deal: ’Hezbollah Victory’
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‘Israeli' Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper discussed the victory Hezbollah achieved in Lebanon against the terrorist Nusra Front in the Arsal outskirts battle, which has been finalized in a deal that provided expelling them towards Syria's Idlib in exchange of releasing Hezbollah captives.
Entitled "Hezbollah Victory", the newspaper stated that "after three years of clashes between Hezbollah and the Nusra Front, whose militants infiltrated inside Lebanon coming from Syria, some 7000 Nusra militants were transferred yesterday from the refugee camp in the town of Arsal, east Lebanon, to Idlib in Syria."
The paper further noted that "the deal between the Lebanese government and Nusra, which included swapping prisoners and returning bodies, took place after Hezbollah members killed some 150 Nusra fighters in a military operation that started a week earlier."
Source: Al-Ahed, Translated by website team
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