The battles in a Syrian mountainous range near the Lebanese borders are intensifying amid a progress made by the Syrian government troops and the Lebanese Hezbollah group, a source familiar with the situation told Xinhua on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) managed to thwart an attempted attack on Israel-held territory in the Golan Heights late Sunday, the military said in a statement.
The Islamic republic dismissed report on receiving a message from Israel saying it does not want an escalation of tensions with Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah group, semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday.
Visiting Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in the Iranian parliament Alaeddin Boroujerdi, congratulated the Shiite militant party of Hezbollah on its operation in retaliation to an Israeli airstrike.
The United States on Wednesday called for calm after an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel along Lebanese border left two Israeli soldiers and a UN peacekeeper dead.
Israel stepped up security precautions along its northern borders for possible retaliation by Hezbollah over a Sunday airstrike that killed a number of its fighters, local media reported.
The Lebanese army said Tuesday that a booby trapped car exploded on Tuesday in the East Bekaa region, leaving an unconfirmed number of casualties.
At least 17 people were killed and 135 others wounded in a car bomb explosion that rocked Hezbollah's stronghold in southern suburbs of Beirut, capital of Lebanon on Thursday, the Lebanese Red Cross and local media reported.
The European Union (EU) governments on Monday decided to blacklist the armed wing of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah as a terrorist group, a move was slammed by Lebanese officials who urged the union to reconsider its decision.
The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair.
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