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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-third-of-hezbollahs-fighters-said-killed-or-injured-in-syria/
Hizbullah Losses Mount in Syria
(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Hizbullah has seen between 1,300 and 1,500 of its fighters killed in the Syrian civil war and some 5,000 have been injured. Last weekend, Arab media published reports that Hizbullah had lost 14 fighters in battles with IS near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Recently, Hizbullah has been publishing details of its members killed in Syria and is not trying to hide its losses. Fighters are now given official funerals and their coffins are covered with Hizbullah flags.