MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Three Hezbollah fighters were captured by al-Nusra Front radicals in Aleppo two months ago, al-Akhbar daily newspaper said. Hezbollah is also holding several Nusra gunmen, it added.
A Qatari representative is reported to be mediating the negotiations allegedly involving Abou Malek Talleh, the top Nusra militant in Syria’s strategic southern Qalamoun area.
Hezbollah, a Shiite militia based in Lebanon, has been fighting insurgents in Syria, including the Sunni al-Nusra Front.