BEIRUT (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, social networks and local media spread the news that Nasrallah had died after being taken to hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage.
In a comment to Sputnik, a source in the hospital refused to speculate on the situation saying only that "nothing unusual happened in the hospital."
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On Tuesday, Hezbollah fighters along with the Syrian government forces took control of two strategic hills in the Qalamoun region on the Syria-Lebanon border.
Since early May, Syrian opposition and country's government forces supported by Hezbollah have been fighting for Qalamoun.
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shiite political party and militant group established in the 1980s to fight Israel's occupation of Lebanon. The group is considered a terrorist organization by Israel and certain Western countries.