[IMG]https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E8Zo**kubodfBNHdX_oNzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-05-13T102202Z_1007000001_LYNXMPEB4C0FP_RTROPTP_2_CNEW S-US-MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA.JPG[/IMG]By Tom Perry, Mariam Karouny and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) - Leba**n's Hezbollah and Syria's
army made big advances against insurgents in mountains **rth of Damascus on Wednesday, Hezbollah and
Syrian state media said, shoring up President Bashar al-Assad's grip on the
border zone. The
gains in the crucial Qalamoun region close to Leba**n against groups including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front follow significant defeats for Assad elsewhere, **tably in Syria's **rthwest near the Turkish border.
Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shi'ite group with a powerful militia, has been a vital ally for Assad in the four-year-long conflict that has become a focal point for the struggle between Tehran and Sunni Saudi Arabia, which has backed the insurgency.
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05-15-2015, 10:20 AM
Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
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