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August 19, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0818/Hezbollah-lowers-fighting-age-as-it-takes-on-Islamic-State

Hizbullah Lowers Fighting Age as It Takes on Islamic State

(Christian Science Monitor) Nicholas Blanford - Hizbullah has begun sending fighters as young as 16 to the battlefields of Syria, an indication that the Shiite army is being stretched by fighting Sunni jihadis there, as well as dispatching advisers and trainers to the new battlegrounds of Iraq.

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