DAILY SCOPE: Extremists Retreat from Lebanese Borders

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Just like Hizbullah is keen on dialogue with the Future movement, in the aim of preserving the country's sovereignty and stability and preventing sectarian strife, it reassures that relations with the Christian Free patriotic Movement is a priority as well, and that it is also keen on preserving its relations with the party under any circumstances. Also, papers shed light on the retreat of extremist armed groups from the borders with Lebanon, as Hizbullah and the army continue their attempt to protect the country's borders.

"ISIL" Extremists Withdraw from Borders ----AN-NAHAR

Extremist al-Nusra terrorists on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese border withdrew from their positions, said sources.

"Information obtained during the past two days indicates that gunmen withdrew in a limited manner from posts controlled on the outskirts," a source said in comments published in An-Nahar newspaper on Monday.

Extremist fighters linked to the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Syrian al-Qalamoun have been allegedly mobilizing and moving closer to the border with Lebanon ahead of a battle along the country's eastern border. The Lebanese army frequently clashes with the militants in their hideouts near the Syria border.

Nasrallah, Aoun Firm Relations Under Any Circumstances ---- AS-SAFIR

Well-informed sources told As-Safir newspaper that the meeting between Hizbullah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and head of the Free Patriotic Movement General Michel Aoun was good and positive, during which the situation in Yemen, Syria and Iraq was discussed.

Aoun and Nasrallah stressed in their assessment of the Arab political scene, and the need to maintain security and stability in Lebanon, given the ongoing grave developments in neighboring countries, the sources said.

In the details, the source said that Sayyed Nasrallah assured that Hizbullah relations will continue to be firm and strong with Aoun under any circumstances. The sources also stated that that Sayyed Nasrallah and Aoun agreed to discuss the domestic files calmly and away from the spotlight, in an attempt to provide better circumstances and conditions to solving these issues.

"Sayyed Nasrallah renewed his support for Gen. Aoun's stances on the presidential issue as well as the issue of the appointment of a new Army commander, which will be a top priority because the presidential election does not seem to be imminent," the sources added.

The source added that Aoun assured Nasrallah of his full support for any steps Hizbullah might take to fight terrorists, stressing that the danger they posed is not limited to one Lebanese area, or a section of the Lebanese people, but to all of Lebanon and the Lebanese.

The two leaders also discussed "the terrorist takfiri threat endangering the whole region, and highlighted the necessity of fighting it by all means to protect Lebanon and its stability," the statement said.

Boko Haram Killed Boys and Men Infron of their Families ---THE GUARDIAN 

Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest where many died of hunger and disease, freed captives have revealed to the Guardian.

Hundreds of women and children were rescued by the Nigerian army last week from extremist fighters in northern Nigeria's Sambisa Forest in a major operation.
After days on the road in pickup trucks, hundreds were released on Sunday into the care of authorities at a refugee camp in the eastern town of Yola, to be fed and treated for injuries.

A freed captive, Cecilia Abel, told the source her husband and first son had been killed in her presence before the militia forced her and her remaining eight children into the forest. She barely ate for two weeks before the military arrived. "We were fed only ground dry maize in the afternoons. It was not good for human consumption," she said.

Amnesty International estimates the insurgents, who are intent on bringing western Africa under Wahhabi rule, have taken more than 2,000 women and girls captive since the start of 2014. Many have been used as cooks, sex slaves or human shields.

Source: al-Ahed news