Syrian forces regain full control of Qusayr area: Syrian TV

Wed Jun 5, 2013 8:1AM GMT

Syria’s state television reports that Syrian forces have regained full control of the strategic city of Qusayr following three weeks of fighting with the militants.

On Wednesday, Syria’s state television reported that “our heroic armed forces have returned security and stability to all of the town of Qusayr."

According to the reports, Syrian military forces have dismantled the terrorist network of the militants in the strategic area, which borders Lebanon.

Many of the foreign-backed militants and members of the armed groups were killed or injured during the Syrian army operations to cleanse the region of the terrorists.

Following the successful operations, the militants fled to farms and a village near Qusayr.

Reports indicate that peace and security have now been restored in the region following the defeat of the terrorists.

On Sunday, the government forces drove back a group of militants attempting to infiltrate Syria through the Lebanese border.

Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters entered Qusayr from several directions on May 19 after weeks of clashes with militants.

Qusayr has been an important center and supply route for the foreign-sponsored militants fighting against the Damascus government.

Syria has been gripped by a deadly unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of government forces, have been killed in the violence.

Damascus says the chaos in the country is being orchestrated from outside, and that the militants are supported by the West and its regional allies including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Several international human rights organizations have said that the militants are committing war crimes.

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Good move by the SAA.

I wish you all luck in your quest to fish out all these blood thirsty demons who have been causing destabilization in your country with the help of the West and Turkey.

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Congrats to the Syrian army, Hezbollah, Iran, and the Syrian people. Great news for humanity!!

Time to hit Homs, Rastan, and Danaa. Then go get Aleppo and flush the terrorists and their Western backers out!!!

It's funny how the West is in bed with al qaeda in Syria, but fighting them everywhere else - psychotic leaders.

Leggo Syrian army and Syrian people!!!

I love the fact that the syrian army won that battle but i believe bashar has to learn a lesson from this war that if he keeps on arming or transfering armss from iran to the terrorist hezbollah movement these are the kind of things that will happen. He is now accusing Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming the rebels when he did the same thing when israel was battling hassan nasrallah's hezbollah terrorist movement. I hope syria wins the war though

GHmaanarh: I love the fact that the syrian army won that battle but i believe bashar has to learn a lesson from this war that if he keeps on arming or transfering armss from iran to the terrorist hezbollah movement these are the kind of things that will happen. He is now accusing Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming the rebels when he did the same thing when israel was battling hassan nasrallah's hezbollah terrorist movement. I hope syria wins the war though

it is the intervention of hezbollah on the side of the syrian army that have helped the syrian army trash the terrorists in qusayr within two weeks,in an area under rebel/terrorist control for 2 years.

besides,i dont know why you label hezbollah as a "terrorist movement".it is a resistance movement fighting israeli occupation.it has members both in the lebanese parliament and (ministers) in the government of lebanon.even the European Union has refused to label hezbollah a "terrorist organization" at the face of israeli and american pressure.what makes hezbollah a "terrorist organization"? it fights against israeli occupation of lebanese land.remember also that assad supports hezbollah as armed resistance group fighting israeli occupation because to this day israel is occupying syrian land,the golan heights.so syria finds itself a victim of the same occupation hezbollah is fighting against.remember also branding hezbollah as a "terrorist organization" is not an easy task because hezbollah is also a political party,and it democratically represents the Shia community in lebanon in parliament and government,which is the largest religious community in lebanon.so attempting to brand hezbollah a "terrorist organization" is automatically labelling the people who vote for it in election as "terrorists",and the Shia community is over 40% of lebanon's population.the agriculture minister of lebanon,hussein haj hassan,is a member of hezbollah and he accompanied lebanon's president-michel suleiman-on a state visit to nigeria.calling hezbollah a "terrorist organization" is like attempting to brand PDP or APP a "terrorist group".

in fact the world under american and israeli pressure united against assad because he stood with fighting israeli occupation in lebanon and palestine.if assad with the popular support he enjoys in syria is an american puppet like mubarak,nothing would have happened in syria.but the US and its puppets,namely turkey,qatar and saudi arabia,sent weapons and alqaeda terrorists known as the nusra front into syria,to topple assad.russia,china and iran stood by him,and hezbollah (an ally of both iran and syria) also interfered to help the syrian army.

Hizbullah: Qusayr's Achievement a Severe Blow to American-Israeli-Takfiri Scheme



Hizbullah stated on Wednesday that the party's “achievement” in the Syrian border city of al-Qusayr dealt a “severe blow to the American-Israeli-Takfiri scheme.”

"The withdrawal of the opposition's fighters from al-Qusayr is a knockdown to the scheme of the United States, Israel and the Takfiris,” the party's deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem expressed after a meeting with Syrian Social National Party Vice President Toufiq Mhanna.

He added: “The battle today has one goal only which is to face Israel and those serving its interest. Hizbullah's stances are based on this.”

"Today it has been proven that betting on the fall of a Syria that supports the resistance is a delusion and a failure, so is choosing political stances based on the achievements of the American-Israeli scheme.”

Qassem reiterated calls for finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis, rejecting international powers' “attempts to take over lands in the Arab world and support Israel.”

“The region's people have set their minds on recovering their lands and their rights,” he assured.

Syria's rebels conceded on Tuesday they had lost the battle for the strategic city of Qusayr but vowed to fight “thousands of Lebanese mercenaries” after the army seized total control of it and the surrounding region.

The main opposition National Coalition shrugged off the defeat, declaring the "revolution will continue".

Tuesday's development comes after the military support of Hizbullah has helped Syrian regime forces gain the upper hand in the battle for control of Qusayr, where an army assault began last month, amid a Lebanese, regional and international outcry.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah had previously justified the group's involvement in Syria by saying they were defending Lebanese-inhabited border villages inside Syria and Shiite holy sites.

But during a May 25 speech marking the 13th anniversary of Israel's military withdrawal from Lebanon, Nasrallah said the Takfiris are the “most prevailing group in the Syrian opposition,” warning against a defeat against them in the ongoing war in Syria.

He said: “If Syria falls in the hands of the Takfiris and the United States, the resistance will become under a siege and Israel will enter Lebanon. If Syria falls, the Palestinian cause will be lost.”

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/85803-hizbullah-qusayr-s-achievement-a-severe-blow-to-american-israeli-takfiri-scheme

Onyocha:

it is the intervention of hezbollah on the side of the syrian army that have helped the syrian army trash the terrorists in qusayr within two weeks,in an area under rebel/terrorist control for 2 years.

besides,i dont know why you label hezbollah as a "terrorist movement".it is a resistance movement fighting israeli occupation.it has members both in the lebanese parliament and (ministers) in the government of lebanon.even the European Union has refused to label hezbollah a "terrorist organization" at the face of israeli and american pressure.what makes hezbollah a "terrorist organization"? it fights against israeli occupation of lebanese land.remember also that assad supports hezbollah as armed resistance group fighting israeli occupation because to this day israel is occupying syrian land,the golan heights.so syria finds itself a victim of the same occupation hezbollah is fighting against.remember also branding hezbollah as a "terrorist organization" is not an easy task because hezbollah is also a political party,and it democratically represents the Shia community in lebanon in parliament and government,which is the largest religious community in lebanon.so attempting to brand hezbollah a "terrorist organization" is automatically labelling the people who vote for it in election as "terrorists",and the Shia community is over 40% of lebanon's population.the agriculture minister of lebanon,hussein haj hassan,is a member of hezbollah and he accompanied lebanon's president-michel suleiman-on a state visit to nigeria.calling hezbollah a "terrorist organization" is like attempting to brand PDP or APP a "terrorist group".

in fact the world under american and israeli pressure united against assad because he stood with fighting israeli occupation in lebanon and palestine.if assad with the popular support he enjoys in syria is an american puppet like mubarak,nothing would have happened in syria.but the US and its puppets,namely turkey,qatar and saudi arabia,sent weapons and alqaeda terrorists known as the nusra front into syria,to topple assad.russia,china and iran stood by him,and hezbollah (an ally of both iran and syria) also interfered to help the syrian army.

What you just said is getting me go like..............what? hmmm you think a group like the hezbollah is not a terrorist organization! this is a group which conducts suicide bombings both in lebanon and in the diaspora. they are always looking for israelis to kill. the EU does not label it a terrorist organization becaose they claim it would lead to sectarian war in lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah, the hezbollah leader sounds no different from osama bin laden. the only difference is dat he is shiite and therfore kowtows to iran unlike osama who is a sunni. They are both the same and they apply similar tactics, no dobt about that!.

Now this "claim" that israel is occupying the Golan heights...........its the arabs who attacked israel first when it was formed. they resisted and they lost the war because isael was more powerful. Now they are jus facing the consequence of fighting israel that is war for you. FOr me I am with israel any day any time. Counteries have been divide for years so there is nothing wrong if the current state of israel was carved out of Palestine. Jews were there already, so its not as if they were imported from elsewhere. those who came back due to Nazi German rule were simply returning to their roots in the holy land God promised them.

Nothing can change that. You need to realize that israelis are under constant threat from hezbollah, hamas, syria, and iran. they are goups or counteries who wanna destroy the jewish state at all cost......THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED!!!! Now back to syria,what is going on there is healthy because you have two terrorist groups destroying each other shiite iran backed Hezbollah and Sunni al-qaeda linked al-nusra front. I support bashar not because I like Hezbollah but because I think he is calmer, more humble and reasonable unlike ahmadinejad and nasrallah. He is kinda more diplomatic so I admire him a lot, i want him to win the war. I hate extremists especially those who behead and chop off limbs and apply strict sharia. This is why i hate the syrian opposition. BASHAR WILL WIN THE WAR......INSHA ALLAH