Hezbollah’s Desperate Recruiting in the Bekaa
by Myra Abdallah, NOW News, Lebanon – With a shortage of manpower, Hezbollah is trying to recruit young men from the Bekaa Valley to fight in Syria by tempting impressionable young men with cash.
Aïsha, a veiled woman in her early 60s, resident of a small town in the Bekaa, was stuffing zucchinis, sitting on a small chair at the doorstep, on a small terrace surrounding her house. She said with a low voice: “The finest young men in town are gone. They went to fight the enemies who are threatening our security. It is sad to say this but what more can I say? The call of duty has to be answered.” Aïsha was referring to young men who recently left their towns in the Bekaa Valley to join Hezbollah ranks in Syria.
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