Hezbollah widens offensive in Syria border area, seizes hilltops
 

Hezbollah has seized ground from insurgents near the Leba**n-Syria border, the group said on Wednesday, widening its joint offensive with the Syrian army to try to clear the area of militant groups including al Qaeda's Syrian wing. The Iran-backed Lebanese group said in a statement its fighters had seized three hilltops in the mountai**us area east of the Lebanese town of Arsal, the target of an incursion last August by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and Islamic State. Hezbollah fighters were **w advancing towards a strategically important peak, it said.

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