BAALBEK, Lebanon: Militant groups attacked Sunday a Hezbollah post in the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese village of Brital, killing two of its members and wounding a number of others, a security source told The Daily Star.
He said members of ISIS and the Nusra Front carried out the attack, leading to clashes between the jihadists and Hezbollah.
But a source close to the powerful movement denied that any attack had occured on their post, saying instead that Hezbollah fighters and Syrian Army troops were battling with rebels in the border area of Rankous area.
The source denied that any clashes were taking place in Brital’s outskirts, and stressed that Hezbollah maintains full control of the area.
Thousands of Hezbollah troops are fighting in Syria alongside government troops in the country's three and a half year long war.
Hezbollah's intervention in the neighboring conflict triggered a series of attacks on Lebanon by Syrian rebels and jihadist groups beginning in early 2013.
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