Truce reached between Hezbollah and rebels fighting in Syria

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Truce reached between Hezbollah and rebels fighting in Syria
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Beirut - Hezbollah and Syrian troops have been trying to fully capture the one-time rebel stronghold of Zabadani for more than a month.

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Published: Wed 12 Aug 2015, 2:14 PM

Last updated: Wed 12 Aug 2015, 4:20 PM

The television station of Lebanon's Hezbollah group and activists say a 48-hour cease-fire has started in a Syrian border town and two Shia villages in northern Syria between the group's fighters and rebels there. 
Al-Manar TV and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say the ceasefire in Zabadani near the Lebanese border and the northern villages of Foua and Kfarya went into effect Wednesday morning. 
Hezbollah and Syrian troops have been trying to fully capture the one-time rebel stronghold of Zabadani for more than a month. 
A coalition of rebel groups which calls itself Jaysh Al Fateh, or Conquest Army, retaliated by attacking Foua and Kfarya in Idlib province, which are home to mostly Shiite villagers. A large number of civilians are trapped there by the fighting.


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