A Shi'ite cleric wearing military uniform with Hezbollah members.. (photo credit:REUTERS)
Jerusalem Post: Report: Hezbollah to send forces to fight alongside Iraq in Mosul, against ISIS
800 men reportedly to be sent to Iraqi Samarra in new few weeks.
Hezbollah will send 800 men to fight alongside Iraqi forces against Islamic State for the control of Mosul, the London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed newspaper reported Sunday.
According to sources, following the battle over Tikrit, Tehran turned to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a joint Iraqi-Iranian request to support the fight against Islamic State in Mosul with trained fighters. An unnamed source told al-Jadeed that Nasrallah agreed to send about 800 men from elite units to participate in the anticipated battle.
WNU Editor: This is not the first time that reports of Hezbollah fighters being sent to Iraq have been made .... Lebanon’s Hezbollah acknowledges battling the Islamic State in Iraq (Washington Post). But this new deployment does reveal one important fact .... more men are needed to fight the Islamic State, and what is present in Iraq is not enough to defeat their forces.
More News On Reports That Hezbollah Will Be Sending More Fighters To iraq To Battle The Islamic State
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Hezbollah to send forces to fight ISIL in Iraq -- Sputnik
