Hezbollah chief says ready to battle IS on Lebanon-Syria border

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday he was ready to launch an offensive against the Islamic State group on the Lebanon-Syria border, days after forcing Al-Qaeda's former Syrian branch from the area.In a televised speech broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel, Nasrallah also demanded news within days about the fate of nine Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by IS in 2014.Nasrallah said "eliminating" IS from the mountainous area known as Jurud along the Lebanon-Syria border "is in