Hezbollah, Syrian regime force out residents of Lebanon border town

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The residents of the Lebanese border town of Tufail were forced out of their homes  after an infiltration by the Syrian troops aided by Hezbollah fighters and air raids by the Syrian air force.

According to a report by al-Mustaqbal newspaper published on Monday, the residents of Tufail, which lies in eastern Lebanon in an area surrounded by Syrian territory, informed Lebanese authorities that the town has been under attack for the past two days.

Higher Relief Council acting chief General Mohammed Kheir told the newspaper that around 50 Lebanese families left their homes in Tufail on Sunday and headed to the town of Arsal, while only eight families remained behind

He pointed out that 60 Syrian families also left the Lebanese village and headed to several areas and primarily to the border town of Arsal.

Tufail has been under siege since last April after the only paved road that leads to Syrian town of Rankous came under the control of Syrian government troops.

Another dirt road leads to Tufail via Brital, but is in poor condition. The residents of Tufail, who are Sunnis, are reportedly afraid to pass through the Shiite town, which supports Hezbollah.

Lebanese and Syrian citizens gather to receive aid supplies, at the main square of Tfail village at the Lebanese-Syrian border, eastern Lebanon, Tuesday April 22, 2014. A Lebanese convoy of soldiers, clerics and Red Cross officials delivered aid Tuesday to a remote village near the Syrian border that was bombed by Syrian government aircraft and blocked by Lebanese militants fighting alongside President Bashar Assad’s forces in the civil war next door. Hezbollah fighters have been patrolling the area on the Lebanese side and fighting has flared up inside Syria, cutting Tfail’s residents off from all sides for months. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese and Syrian citizens gather to receive aid supplies, at the main square of Tufail village at the Lebanese-Syrian border, eastern Lebanon, Tuesday April 22, 2014. Tufail has been under siege since last April after the only paved road that leads to Syrian town of Rankous came under the control of Syrian government troops.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The town which has long been neglected by the Lebanese government is located at the end of the eastern mountain belt’s plains, in an area that is 24 kilometers inside Syrian territories.  Tufeil’s  total area is 52 square kilometers.  Tufail is surrounded by Syrian lands to its north, east and south, and by the Lebanese villages of Ham, Maarboun and Brital to the west.

More than 4,000 Lebanese nationals reside in Tufail, Christians and Muslims and some 5,000 Syrian refugees.

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5 responses to “Hezbollah, Syrian regime force out residents of Lebanon border town”

  1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    Thank you Hezbollah for trying to protect Syria but not Lebanon? what kind of shitty resistance is this?

    1. arzatna1 Avatar
      arzatna1

      Hezbollah has been that way since 2004 , when Syria with help from the militant group tried to force on Lebanon the renewal of Emile Lahoud’s presidential term. This was followed by UN resolution 1559 , the attempted assassination of MP Marwan Hamade who was accused of being behind the resolution , the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri on Valentine’s day in 2005 and several other assassinations and obstructions in the years that followed until this very moment

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Talk about being in a wrong place at a wrong time.
    El Supremo probably said:
    ‘What are all these people doing living together THERE? And not even ours?? Sacre Bleu !!’

  3. Fauzia45 Avatar
    Fauzia45

    What a shame to force people out of their homes ?It s a shame that nothing is done to stop this injustice!!!

  4. The real lebanese Avatar
    The real lebanese

    Who are the real terrorists here ?

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