Hezbollah leader Nasrallah vows to keep fighters in Syria
The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, says his members will continue to fight alongside government forces in Syria's civil war.
Hezbollah forces have been fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, while Lebanese Sunni Muslims tend to back the Syrian opposition.
Hezbollah's involvement in Syria has bolstered President Al-Assad's forces, helping them to consolidate control over central areas around the capital of Damascus and on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
Hezbollah fighters have recently been engaged in the battle in Yabroud, the last rebel stronghold in the Qalamoun mountains between Syria and Lebanon. The government's offensive to turf out opposition forces and cut off their supply routes started in November last year, but Yabroud only recently became the target of assault.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26222171
