(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A so-called Sunni group with links to al-Qaeda has warned that all areas of Lebanon where the Shia Hezbollah movement operates are "legitimate targets" for attack, and told Sunnis to avoid them.
Jabhat al-Nusra in Lebanon said in a statement on Sunday that it announced that Hezbollah and all its bases and... bastions are legitimate targets for us, wherever they are."
The statement comes three days after the group - an affiliate of al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra - said it carried out a car bomb attack in Beirut's southern suburbs that killed four people.
It also said it carried out a deadly car bomb attack in the heart of Hermel town in eastern Lebanon, which killed three people.
It was the sixth in a string of attacks targeting Lebanese areas dominated by Hezbollah since the Shia group sent fighters into neighbouring Syria to support the troops of President Bashar al-Assad against rebel forces.
US, Europe-Backed Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Lebanon warned Sunnis against "approaching or residing in or near [Hezbollah's] bases, and avoid gathering around its meeting points."
The militants in Syria, including those belonging to the al-Nusra Front, have been receiving all forms of support from the West.
The al-Nusra Front has been behind many of the deadly bombings targeting both civilians and government institutions across Syria.
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24 January 2014 - 20:30
News ID: 500119
A so-called Sunni group with links to al-Qaeda has warned that all areas of Lebanon where the Shia Hezbollah movement operates are "legitimate targets" for attack, and told Sunnis to avoid them.
