Syria’s War of Tunnels
An exclusive report from Qusair.
The "War of Tunnels" is probably the most suitable name for the war fought in Syria's strategic region of Qusair, on the border with Lebanon. In each city, town and village, dozens of hideouts and underground routes have been found by the Syrian army and Hezbollah fighters.
"These tunnels were used to connect alleys with each other, exit routes and hideouts, snipers' shooting posts and weapons storage," Major Abdo, a Syrian army officer, told Al-Monitor. The tunnels were under almost every house and building. I entered one in one house, and at the end of it I found myself in the living room of an adjacent house. According to Abdo, "These tunnels took them a lot of time to plan, dig and connect."
