Conflict Incident Report

Army kills two terrorists

Date of incident:

August 17, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

The Army Command - Orientation Directorate - issued on Monday the following statement: "Overnight, an Army unit monitored in Arsal's Hosn area a terrorist group trying to infiltrate from the mountains toward some military posts. After clashing with them, the Army killed two of the terrorists while the others managed to escape.
The bodies were handed over to the competent authorities."

http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/48174/Army-kills-two-terrorists
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/48178/Terrorists-killed-by-Army-belon...

Primary category:

Clashes/Armed Conflict

Secondary Category:

Arrest/Detention

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.

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Army kills two terrorists