CONFIRMED: Joint Syrian-Hezbollah assault on terrorists begins on Lebanese border
The elite Republican Guard of the Syrian Arab Army along with Hezbollah and the volunteer militia National Defence Force have begun heavy operations along the Syria-Lebanon border against entrenched Salafist militants including al-Qaeda forces (known locally by the name Jabhat Fatah al-Sham formerly al-Nusra and Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham)
The operation is intended to rid the mountainous western Qalamoun region of terrorists who have taken advantage of the foreboding terrain.