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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/lebanons-once-mighty-hezbollah-is-facing-attacks-in-syria--and-also-at-home/2014/10/27/81cd75a4-9d26-4f9b-b843-9fa0814b2471_story.html

Hizbullah under Strain as It Battles on Several Fronts

(Washington Post) Hugh Naylor - Hizbullah, Lebanon's most powerful military organization, is losing its aura of invincibility as militants from Islamic State and the al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra have carved out footholds in Lebanon along the porous Syria border. "Hizbullah is spread thin. They are waging so many battles and are positioned on so many fronts," said Imad Salamey, associate professor of political science at the Beirut-based Lebanese American University. As many as 5,000 of its soldiers are thought to be in Syria, where hundreds of its fighters have been reported killed.

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