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Hizballah loses two high officers in major defeat at al-Qusayr near Homs

Al Qusayr battlefield where Hizballah was routed

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 29, 2013, 10:04 PM (GMT+02:00)

debkafile reports Hizballah’s elite Al Qods Brigade suffered a grinding defeat – its gravest since first intervening in the Syrian civil war - and heavy losses at al Qusayr in the Homs sector Monday, April 29. The Al Qods Brigade commander, known as “Abu Ajib” and his lieutenant Hamza Ramloush, were killed along with scores of combatants dead and wounded in a surprise ambush mounted by rebel militias reinforced by radical Salafists from Lebanon. They were newly armed with Grad rockets.

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Obama Orders 20,000 “Surge” Troops to Jordan

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Tehran presses Assad to send Hizballah sophisticated anti-air interceptors

Self-propelled SA-17 anti-air interceptor

DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
April 28, 2013, 11:22 PM (GMT+02:00)

Israeli jets were reported flying over Damascus by foreign sources in the last few hours Sunday (April 28). debkafile: Iran is pushing Bashar Assad hard to let Hizballah have sophisticated weapons, including self-propelled SA-17 interceptor missile systems. The Syrian ruler owes Hizballah for the deployment of 5,000 out of its 8,000 combat-ready fighters for keeping him in power power. The Israeli Air Force is monitoring preparations in Syria for the transfer. The Israeli security cabinet discussed this new crisis Sunday.

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