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Originally Posted by blankall
I wasn't insinuating that the Lebanese government is typically on the same side as Hezbollah, just that communication between the two is regular and that there are likely all sorts of deals worked out between the two.
There's also conflicting reports about how successful Hezbollah/Lebanon had been against ISIS. The same way we have been constantly hearing from Russia, for several years now, that the ISIS threat is over. If it's true that Lebanon has allowed safe passage of ISIS troops back into Syria and Hezbollah has agreed to stop attacking ISIS in Syria, that's a very large concession. It looks like Lebanon also agreed to allow the release of ISIS soldiers in custody in exchange for the Lebanese soldiers:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/w...a.html?mcubz=3 |
Only conflicting if you're getting your news from News sites that don't know what they're talking about. I'm talking to actual soldiers here and they've destroyed ISIS.
Even in the link you posted it says this is the first time ISIS has negotiated a deal and gave up territory they held. They always go out fighting but they knew they were trapped and had no way out.
Also, Hezbullah has not agreed to stop fighting ISIS in Syria, don't know where you got that from.