Hezbollah Monday seized several crossings linking a northeastern Lebanese border town to a western Syrian village, Al-Manar TV reported. The Hezbollah-run channel said party fighters also captured six militant positions on Arsal's eastern outskirts during clashes that left a number of jihadis dead. The report did not specify the number of crossings seized linking Lebanon's Arsal to Syria's Flita, which remains under militant control. Hezbollah fighters made major gains over the weekend, recovering large swaths of land on the outskirts of Arsal, including a cave that Al-Manar said once housed Abu Malek al-Talli, the Nusra Front's top leader for the Qalamoun region.
