Explainer-Ali al-Taher ridge emerges as flashpoint in Israel-Hezbollah war
By Nayera Abdallah BEIRUT, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, which is named after a Shi'ite Muslim scholar whose shrine sits at its summit, has become one of the most contested pieces of ground in the Israel-Hezbollah war. The cluster of hills is not especially large. But what it overlooks in southern Lebanon — and what Hezbollah is suspected to have built beneath it…
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- Why Ali al-Taher ridge is emerging as an Israel-Hezbollah flashpoint al-monitor.com
- Ali al-Taher, a flashpoint in Israel-Hezbollah war economictimes.indiatimes.com
