Nasrallah claims Israel is aiding ISIS
Lesson Brief
NRG
On March 18, NRG reported that Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah claimed that Israel is aiding ISIS in Syria. According to Nasrallah, Israel's bombing of Syrian military positions was meant to assist ISIS or other terrorist factions fighting in the country's civil war. Nasrallah also took the opportunity to predict a military victory for Bashar al Assad's forces, stating that terrorist groups in Syria will be eliminated. The attached video is about the Iraqi army's recent operations against ISIS in Mosul.
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Additional Vocabulary:
בזהירות | cautiously | שטח בנוי | An urban area |
נחישות | determination | מסוכנת פי כמה | Very, more dangerous |
להתקדם , מתקדם | To advance | במצב הגרוע ביותר | In the worst situation |
שכונות מערביות | Western neighborhoods | הנהגת הארגון | The organization’s leadership |
להתבצר , מתבצר | To be entrenched | מעוז | stronghold |
לחימה מסובכת | Complex combat | להיתפס , נתפס | To be caught |
הושפל | humiliated | מצלמות | Cameras |
שחרור | liberated | בית המשפט הראשי | The main court |
קווי הגנה | Defense lines | ציוד | Equipment |
מכוניות תופת | Car bombs | מטענים | IEDs |
צלפים | snipers | מפקד | Commander |
יסגירו את עצמם | They’ll turn themselves in | סיפורי זוועה | Horror stories |
משמרות המהפכה | Revolutionary Guards | השפעה | influence |