quote:The Iran-backed Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah, classified for many years by U.S. Intelligence as a terrorist organization, is training Christians to fight ISIS in Lebanon and the Middle Eastern believers say their new and unlikely allies "accept us as we are."
Citing Lebanese sources, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin says Christian villages in the Bekaa Valley area of Lebanon are forming militias to join Hezbollah fighters already engaging ISIS and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nursa Front in the Syrian Qalamoun mountains opposite villages in central and eastern Bekaa.
Rifit Nasrallah, a Catholic businessman who is part of the militias fighting ISIS in Ras Baalbek, discussed the alliance with Hezbollah in an International Business Times report last month.
"We're in a very dangerous situation," he said. "The only people who are protecting us are the resistance of Hezbollah. The only one standing with the army is Hezbollah. Let's not hide it anymore."
Nasrallah said Hezbollah does not expect its allies to convert to Islam or create an allegiance to the group's ideals.
"They accept us as we are," he said. "They do not impose on us anything. When there's an occasion, they come to our children's birthdays. The people here accept that Hezbollah comes and helps."
This unlikely alliance between Christians and Hezbollah is a far cry from the adversarial relationship depicted between the two groups in the region.
According to the IB Times report, however, the alliance is one of convenience. Hezbollah is Iran's strongest proxy in that area of Lebanon and has been a key factor in keeping President Bashar Assad's regime in power after four years of the Syrian war. Protecting Ras Baalbek is a priority for the group because losing it to ISIS would put the surrounding Shiite towns under direct threat.
As a result, Hezbollah has invested heavily in sustaining the relationship with Christians. The group trained Christians in Syria to fight ISIS alongside them, according to a November report from Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar and even paid wages similar to Hezbollah members for Christians joining their ranks.
"We are not speaking of an assumed threat, we are speaking of a real aggression that exists every hour, every day, every night," said Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in a recent speech. He explained that armed groups have launched continuous attacks inside Lebanese territories while also holding dozens of Lebanese soldiers and police officers hostage, "so we need a permanent solution."
Last fall, The Christian Post reported that GOP 2016 presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was booed after he offended some Middle Eastern Christians by declaring at an event in Washington, D.C. that "Christians have no greater ally than Israel."
Mark Tooley, president of the Institute of Religion and Democracy and an attendee at the evening event, later wrote in a blog entry that he was not surprised by the reaction.
"It's no secret that many Mideast Christians generally aren't big fans of Israel. I learned this firsthand during the 2006 Israel war on Hezbollah, when my discussion at church with a Lebanese Christian nearly escalated to a shouting match," wrote Tooley.
"Sometimes American Christians romanticize overseas persecuted Christians into disembodied noble souls unaffected by terrestrial concerns. But they, like everybody else, have histories, loyalties, resentments, grievances, and political calculations."
The Times of Israel reported in March that Iran and Hezbollah were removed from the list of terror threats against the U.S. as a result of its campaign against ISIS.
twitter:ResistanceER twitterde op woensdag 13-05-2015 om 21:24:22https://t.co/xJfgXq1LDW#France's #Sarkozy once offered Bashar alAssad $6 Billion to #Syria yearly to disown #Iran reageer retweet
twitter:ResistanceER twitterde op woensdag 13-05-2015 om 21:22:15https://t.co/MwXgzP9cMQ King Abdullah once sent a letter to Bashar to disown #Iran to cool things down in #Syria. reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 04:54:08The SAA and YPG defeat ISIS at multiple sites in Al-Hasakah:http://t.co/ZNCPemrOz5 reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 04:58:36Just got word from a source in #Idlib - Syrian Arab Army's 87th Brigade of the 11th Tank Division has taken complete control of Al-Kufayr. reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 07:05:28The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has captured the village of Al-Kuwayr near Jisr Al-Shughour in #Idlib - http://t.co/czIRjb2HOf reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op woensdag 13-05-2015 om 22:18:42Just got word: SAA has just recaptured the Muktab Checkpoint located east of Tadmour - counter-attack to begin. #Syria #Homs #Palmyra reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 07:05:28The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has captured the village of Al-Kuwayr near Jisr Al-Shughour in #Idlib - http://t.co/czIRjb2HOf reageer retweet
Niet te geloven dat hun haat voor Iran groter is dan het kindermoordende, vrouwenonderdrukkende, geen mensenrechtenkennende, Saudiquote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 09:50 schreef reza1 het volgende:
twitter:ResistanceER twitterde op woensdag 13-05-2015 om 21:24:22https://t.co/xJfgXq1LDW#France's #Sarkozy once offered Bashar alAssad $6 Billion to #Syria yearly to disown #Iran reageer retweet
twitter:ResistanceER twitterde op woensdag 13-05-2015 om 21:22:15https://t.co/MwXgzP9cMQ King Abdullah once sent a letter to Bashar to disown #Iran to cool things down in #Syria. reageer retweet
tja, niks geksquote:
quote:According to the IB Times report, however, the alliance is one of convenience. Hezbollah is Iran's strongest proxy in that area of Lebanon and has been a key factor in keeping President Bashar Assad's regime in power after four years of the Syrian war. Protecting Ras Baalbek is a priority for the group because losing it to ISIS would put the surrounding Shiite towns under direct threat.
As a result, Hezbollah has invested heavily in sustaining the relationship with Christians. The group trained Christians in Syria to fight ISIS alongside them, according to a November report from Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar and even paid wages similar to Hezbollah members for Christians joining their ranks.
Verrassingsaanval. Zit er dik in dat de stad gaat vallen als ik het zo lees.quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 12:10 schreef Slayage het volgende:
lucht aanval bij palmyra op isis stelling, too little too late?
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quote:Veel doden bij overname Syrische stad door IS
De strijd om de Syrische stad al-Sukhna heeft een stuk meer levens geist dan werd gedacht. Zeker zeventig Syrische militairen en veertig strijders van IS (Islamitische Staat) werden gedood toen de terreurgroep de plaats aanviel.
Het Syrische Observatorium voor Mensenrechten meldde eerder nog dat er dertig militairen en twintig IS-militanten waren omgekomen in het gevecht om al-Sukhna, zo'n 300 kilometer ten noordoosten van Damascus.
IS zei dat ze de strijd heeft gewonnen en de stad heeft veroverd. De extremisten hebben daarmee controle gekregen over een belangrijke snelweg die de provincie Homs verbindt met de provincie Deir ez-Zor.
De informatie van het observatorium is lastig te verifiren vanwege de strijd in Syri. De organisatie baseert zich op verklaringen van mensen in de omgeving.
Door: ANP
twitter:ShoebridgeC twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 01:39:29.@KenRoth With so many alleged attacks, has any independent witness seen, or does any video show, a #Syria helicopter dropping #chlorine? reageer retweet
quote:U.S. Says Assad Caught With Sarin. Again.
The U.S. government was informed months ago that an international monitoring body found traces of chemical weapons that President Bashar al-Assad had promised to turn over, including sarin gas -- a clear violation of the deal he struck with President Obama after crossing the administration’s "red line" two years ago.
Officials from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons told the Obama administration early this year that its inspectors had found traces of two banned chemical weapons during an inspection of the Syrian government’s Scientific Studies and Research Center in the district of Barzeh near Damascus, two administration officials told us. A report by Reuters May 8 said that OPCW inspectors had found traces of sarin and VX nerve agent at the site in separate inspections in December and January.
The discovery set off a months-long debate inside the administration about how to respond. President Obama is said to have not yet decided. Meanwhile, a coalition of rebel groups on the ground has been attacking the area around the facility, raising the danger that the chemical weapons could fall into the hands of the rebels, many of whom are linked to Islamic extremists.
Ghehequote:A senior intelligence official told us that the U.S., working with the UN, the OPCW and other international partners, has intelligence indicating that more than 10 of Assad’s suspected chemical weapons sites had not been disclosed. But the U.S. didn’t always favor confronting Assad about them.
“We knew of sites that Assad didn’t declare,” this official said. “It’s a balancing act. You want to do something to get rid of it, but you also don’t want to show them all your cards.”
Inderdaad, alle middelen om Daesh te bestrijden zijn geoorloofd.quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 12:45 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Doe maar chloor op Sukhna, veul chloor![]()
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 10:16:57#TBT When @carolmalouf and @RSherlock wrote an article about "Hezbollah dropping support for Assad" in 2012.......LOL http://t.co/HcYnfEXw83 reageer retweet
quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 12:10 schreef Slayage het volgende:
lucht aanval bij palmyra op isis stelling, too little too late?
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twitter:Zarathoustra96 twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 12:27:43According to pro-rebel accounts, there would be #IS sleepers cells in #Palmyra who were previously #FSA's battalions based there. reageer retweet
twitter:markito0171 twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 13:42:34#Syria #Idlib The retreat of #Assad-forces from Kufayr /Jisr-as-Sugur to the southhttps://t.co/YgKedmmAYN http://t.co/3Ja93Efy0B reageer retweet
Terechte vraag, de VS blijft maar beweren dat er chemische aanvallen plaatsvinden door het SAA maar heeft voor geen enkele vermeende aanval bewijs geleverd. En gezien onder andere Irak is de VS niet op haar blauwe ogen te vertrouwen.quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 12:42 schreef reza1 het volgende:
twitter:ShoebridgeC twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 01:39:29.@KenRoth With so many alleged attacks, has any independent witness seen, or does any video show, a #Syria helicopter dropping #chlorine? reageer retweet
quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 14:04 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Iran’s new strategy in Syria
Lijkt er op dat Hezbollah zijn aandeel in Syri flink gaat opschroeven komende tijd. Herovering van Idlib en Jisr al-Shughur worden ook genoemd.
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Hezbollah mag wel een speciale divisie van 1000 man oprichten om Idlib te heroveren, anders zie ik het niet gebeuren.quote:
twitter:sayed_ridha twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 10:17:18#Jaish_Fateh attack on #SAA in Hospital has failed, vehicle explosion caused very little damage, destroyed by #SAA, no casualties reported reageer retweet
twitter:leithfadel twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 17:02:19Hezbollah has captured Tal Daher Al-Hawa on the border of Lebanon and Syria. reageer retweet
twitter:ahmadalissa twitterde op donderdag 14-05-2015 om 12:42:49#Damascus: Militants rocket hit a paints shop in #Dweila NBHD: Casualties reported https://t.co/aP7KS8OGkq http://t.co/V85k3n3AlT reageer retweet
In Irak zijn meerdere malen chemisch materiaal te vinden. Er is daar nog zelfs een rechtszaak nu over omdat er Amerikaanse soldaten door gewond zijn geraakt. Enige reden dat Colin Powell die bullshit zei, kwam door 't feit dat de wapens afkomstig waren uit Europa en de VS die landen geen imagoschade wou aanrichten.quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 14:06 schreef al-qahira het volgende:
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Terechte vraag, de VS blijft maar beweren dat er chemische aanvallen plaatsvinden door het SAA maar heeft voor geen enkele vermeende aanval bewijs geleverd. En gezien onder andere Irak is de VS niet op haar blauwe ogen te vertrouwen.
Wat een mongool is het toch ook.quote:Op donderdag 14 mei 2015 17:26 schreef PizzaMizza het volgende:
http://www.hurriyetdailyn(...)=82390&NewsCatID=510
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