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Conflict Incident Report

Army arrests 9 Syrians and 1 Palestinian for illegal entry

Date of incident: 
March 9, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
Lebanese Civilians
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

NNA - The Lebanese Army Command - Orientation Directorate issued on Wednesday a communique in which it declared that it arrested nine individuals of Syrian nationalities and other Palestinian one in Majdal Anjar in Bekaa for entering the country in an illegal way.

All arrestees were handed over to the competent authority for necessary action.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
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.