STORY SUMMARY

Hezbollah was drawn deeper into Syria’s civil war as 28 fighters from the group were killed and dozens more wounded while fighting rebels, opposition activists said Monday.

The Hezbollah involvement – several funerals for group members were held Monday in Lebanon – edges the war further toward a regional sectarian conflict pitting the Middle East’s Iranian-backed Shiite axis against Sunnis.

A Lebanese official close to Hezbollah told AP the death toll figures were “exaggerated”. He added, however, that 14 Hezbollah members from southern Lebanon had been killed in the fighting Sunday, adding that the bodies of some of the fighters were still in Syria.

Regime troops and Hezbollah fighters, who laid siege to Qusair weeks ago, launched an offensive Sunday to regain control of the city, with fighters advancing from the east and south, a Syrian opposition figure said

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