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Army: Full control of Jarash hills after swift operation at Ras Baalbeck outskirts

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Ras Baalbeck Clashes (starting December 2, 2014)
Date of incident: 
February 26, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)
Armed militants

Army Command - Guidance Directorate issued on Thursday a communiqué in which they mentioned that units from the Lebanese Army carried out today dawn a swift operation at Ras Baalbeck outskirts and succeeded in having full control on the hills of Sadr Al-Jarash and Harf Al-Jarash, north- east Ras Al-Hamra hill towards the Lebanese- Syrian border.

The communiqué said that there were no injuries among the servicemen, indicating that the Army Force used during the operation cannon missiles and appropriate weapons against the gunmen gatherings next to the two hills mentioned above causing direct injuries among the gunmen.

Explosive devices, medium and light weapons, ammunition and military equipment which belong to the terrorists were confiscated, the communiqué added.

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/41036/Army-Full-control-of-Jarash-hil...

Primary category: 
Heavy Artillery [inc.rocket attacks]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.