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France says 3,000-4,000 Hezbollah fighters in Syria

29 May 2013 - 19:55 By Sapa-AFP
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Members of Hezbollah
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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday some 3,000 to 4,000 fighters from Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah were currently battling alongside regime troops in Syria.

"Regarding the Hezbollah militants present in the conflict, numbers vary between 3,000 and 10,000. Our estimate is around 3 to 4,000," the minister told the foreign affairs committee at France's lower house National Assembly.

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