Lebanon's Hezbollah faces tough terrain in border battle

A Hezbollah fighter holds his weapon in Juroud Arsal, Syria-Lebanon border, July 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

JUROUD ARSAL, Lebanon (Reuters) - The barren, rocky hilltops that form Hezbollah's new front line with jihadists at the Syrian-Lebanese border were tough to capture and supply. Hezbollah commander Hajj Abu Ali says the experience could prove useful in future battles.

Military jeeps and four-wheel-drive trucks make a slow, bruising progress up newly bulldozed dirt tracks to the mountains near the Lebanese town of Arsal to ferry food and supplies to forces there as fighting rages in the valley below.