Hezbollah's Heading For Sectarian Showdown -- UPI
Hezbollah has taken heavy losses while backing regime forces in Syria, heightening concerns the Shiite movement's heading for a showdown with Sunni jihadists.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 20 (UPI) -- Hezbollah has reportedly taken heavy losses while backing regime forces in Syria who stormed a strategic town near the Lebanese border, heightening concerns the Shiite movement's heading for a showdown with Sunni jihadists that many see as inevitable.
Several hundred Lebanese Shiite fighters played a key part in Sunday's capture of Qusair, which commands the vital supply route between the Syrian capital Damascus and the Mediterranean coast.
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