The number of Hezbollah fighters killed in recent months in Syria rises to 141 including 79 fighters killed from the period starting at dawn on May 19 to dawn on Sunday
AFP , Monday 27 May 2013
Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah members attend the funeral of a Hezbollah fighter who died in the Syrian conflict in Ouzai in Beirut May 26, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)
"At least 79 members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been killed fighting alongside the Syrian army in the town of Qusayr since last week, a watchdog said on Monday.
"That includes 79 fighters killed from the period starting at dawn on May 19 to dawn on Sunday yesterday, killed by mines, snipers and fighting in the town of Qusayr and its surroundings," the group added."The number of Lebanese Hezbollah fighters killed in recent months in the outskirts of Damascus and Homs has risen to 141," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement.
On Sunday, a source close to Hezbollah said the group's toll in several months of fighting was 110, most of them killed in Qusayr....."
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